--help::
Prints the synopsis and a list of the most commonly used
- commands. If a git command is named this option will bring up
- the man-page for that command. If the option '--all' or '-a' is
- given then all available commands are printed.
+ commands. If the option '--all' or '-a' is given then all
+ available commands are printed. If a git command is named this
+ option will bring up the manual page for that command.
++
+Other options are available to control how the manual page is
+displayed. See gitlink:git-help[1] for more information,
+because 'git --help ...' is converted internally into 'git
+help ...'.
--exec-path::
Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.
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* git's founding father is Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>.
* The current git nurse is Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>.
-* The git potty was written by Andres Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
+* The git potty was written by Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>.
* General upbringing is handled by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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