Re: Query about documentation of git pull -n
From: Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:08
Hi, On Thu, 24 Jan 2008, Anthony Bolton wrote:
Comment from a new user: The git-pull man pages imply that "git pull -n" and "git pull --no-tags" are the same, but -n seems to do something different entirely (same with git fetch). I found this in msysgit but the msysgit boys say that it's actually a problem with core git.
FWIW I am that msysgit boy. And I did not say anything about git-fetch, but only about git-pull. I even said that "-n" means "--no-summary" to git-pull.
If -n is intended to be different from --no-tags than can you update the documentation please?
That is such a low-hanging fruit. Since you apparently use git yourself, there is not much left to learn in order to fix this bug. IOW this is a perfect occasion to get just a little involved in the git development. Just look at Documentation/diff-options.txt for an example how to use the "ifdef::" construct, and then use that construct in Documentation/fetch-options.txt. Hth, Dscho