Re: git log is a bit antisocial

Sébastien Pierre [off-list ref] writes:

Anyway, on git 1.2.3, here is something interesting:

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git log -h

fatal: Not a git repository

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git log --help

Usage: /home/sebastien/Local/bin/git-log [--max-count=<n>]
[<since>..<limit>] [--pretty=<format>] [git-rev-list options]

You are talking about old codebase in the maitenance branch,
which is an independent issue, but thanks for noticing anyway.

The attached patch would help with that.

Which is confusing, so having a consistent behaviour for "git help cmd",
"git cmd help", "git cmd -h" and "git cmd --help" would be nice.

For instance, Darcs works just like that, which makes it easy for
newbies to find there ways through.

Patches welcome, but a new development should be based on the
"master" branch, not the maintenance 1.2.X series.

-- >8 --

diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 025ef2d..d15747f 100755
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 case "$1" in
-	--h|--he|--hel|--help)
+	-h|--h|--he|--hel|--help)
 	echo "$LONG_USAGE"
 	exit
 esac