On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 11:39 AM Ian Whitlock [off-list ref] wrote:

I found a bug and couldn't find another way to report it. I hope this is okay.
The help output for `git ls-remote` shows that `-h` should display remote HEADs, but instead the help output is displayed!

Thanks for the report.

 ➜ git ls-remote -h
usage: git ls-remote [--heads] [--tags] [--refs] [--upload-pack=<exec>]
                     [-q | --quiet] [--exit-code] [--get-url]
                     [--symref] [<repository> [<refs>...]]

This is a known and documented behavior. The description of the `-h`
option in the `ls-remote` help page:

    Limit to only refs/heads and refs/tags, respectively. These
    options are not mutually exclusive; when given both, references
    stored in refs/heads and refs/tags are displayed. Note that git
    ls-remote -h used without anything else on the command line gives
    help, consistent with other git subcommands.