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From:   Shaoxuan Yuan <shaoxuan.yuan02@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 25 Apr 2022 14:22:35 +0800
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Subject: Re: --help for git commands
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 2:26 PM Dorian Mari=C3=A9 <dorian@dorianmarie.fr> w=
rote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think it would be nice to have a simple help like other programs do
> when doing `git [subcommand] --help` or `git [subcommand] -h`.
>
> It would be a short version of the manual.

I think we do have a "simple help like other programs do".

You will get the git manual page for a command, for example, git-add,
with one of the followings:

`git add --help`
`git help add`
`man git-add`

Or, you can get a "short version of the manual", i.e. usage string, using t=
his:

`git add -h`

--=20
Thanks & Regards,
Shaoxuan