command. If you are completely stuck, simply run “git help”; it will
print a brief list of commonly-used commands, along with a description
of what each does. If you ask for help on a specific command (such as
command. If you are completely stuck, simply run “git help”; it will
print a brief list of commonly-used commands, along with a description
of what each does. If you ask for help on a specific command (such as
-"git help init"), it prints more detailed information. [XXX: Does `git
-help <foo>` work universally as a built-in or does it expect man to be
-present and just call out to `man git-<foo>`?]
+"git help init"), it prints more detailed information. This command
+expects the "man" program to be available and for the git man pages to
+be installed.
[XXX: The original hgbook includes the complete output of "hg
help init" at this point. I'm not including the corresponding
[XXX: The original hgbook includes the complete output of "hg
help init" at this point. I'm not including the corresponding
but it only comes after a full screen's worth of options
details. Might it make sense to have a more summarized help
output for "git help <foo>" than all of the documentation
but it only comes after a full screen's worth of options
details. Might it make sense to have a more summarized help
output for "git help <foo>" than all of the documentation