ec_process.argv = argv_ec;
        ec_process.err = -1;
        ec_process.stdout_to_stderr = 1;
-       if (start_command(&ec_process)) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to start emacsclient.\n");
-               return -1;
-       }
+       if (start_command(&ec_process))
+               return error("Failed to start emacsclient.");
+
        strbuf_read(&buffer, ec_process.err, 20);
        close(ec_process.err);
 
        finish_command(&ec_process);
 
        if (prefixcmp(buffer.buf, "emacsclient")) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Failed to parse emacsclient version.\n");
                strbuf_release(&buffer);
-               return -1;
+               return error("Failed to parse emacsclient version.");
        }
 
        strbuf_remove(&buffer, 0, strlen("emacsclient"));
        version = atoi(buffer.buf);
 
        if (version < 22) {
-               fprintf(stderr,
-                       "emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22).\n",
-                       version);
                strbuf_release(&buffer);
-               return -1;
+               return error("emacsclient version '%d' too old (< 22).",
+                       version);
        }
 
        strbuf_release(&buffer);
        const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
        setenv("INFOPATH", system_path(GIT_INFO_PATH), 1);
        execlp("info", "info", "gitman", page, NULL);
+       die("no info viewer handled the request");
 }
 
 static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
  * HTML.
  */
 #ifndef open_html
-void open_html(const char *path)
+static void open_html(const char *path)
 {
        execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, NULL);
 }
        const char *alias;
        load_command_list("git-", &main_cmds, &other_cmds);
 
-       setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
-       git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
-
-       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, builtin_help_options,
+       argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, builtin_help_options,
                        builtin_help_usage, 0);
 
        if (show_all) {
                return 0;
        }
 
+       setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+       git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
+
        alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
        if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
                printf("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'\n", argv[0], alias);