Post #4141110
2026-07-27 15:24 UTC
@b0rk@social.jvns.ca
I mean, why can't the first line of git help be something like, "For a brief introduction to the five most useful git commands, type "git help getting-started". (No, that help topic does not exist in the help docs).
Instead, we get:
% git help
See 'git help ' to read about a specific subcommand
Main Porcelain Commands
add Add file contents to the index
am Apply a series of patches from a mailbox
archive Create an archive of files from a named tree
(... 50 more subcommands with inscrutable one-liners...)
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@b0rk@social.jvns.ca 2026-07-27 15:28
@bradr@infosec.exchange what version of Git are you on? when I run `git help` I see something totally different which is a bit closer to what you described: