Re: [PATCH 2/3] ls-remote: remove documentation for custom -h option

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 07:11:13PM +0200, SZEDER Gábor wrote:

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diff --git a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
index 492e573856f..6e241640bd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-ls-remote.txt

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ commit IDs.
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
--h::

The description of this option contains the following:

  Note that git ls-remote -h used without anything else on the command
  line gives help, consistent with other git subcommands.

Yup. That comes from this thread discussing an identical patch:

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/b0397b3285eab3448a3fd5dd2c50abb9@pascalroeleven.nl/ (local)

which in turn references more discussion of this behavior:

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqk1ztmkbn.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/ (local)

It's gross and weird, but kept for backwards compatibility.

-Peff