Documentation: describe -i/--info option to "git-help"

Option -i|--info for "git-help" is documented only in the new
"git-help.txt" man page, but this new man page is referenced
from the "--help" option documentation in the "git.txt" man page.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Christian Couder 2007-12-04 06:44:29 +01:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ git-help - display help information about git
SYNOPSIS
--------
'git help' [-a|--all] [COMMAND]
'git help' [-a|--all|-i|--info] [COMMAND]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ If the option '--all' or '-a' is given, then all available commands are
printed on the standard output.
If a git command is named, a manual page for that command is brought
up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose.
up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this
can be overriden by other options.
Note that 'git --help ...' is identical as 'git help ...' because the
former is internally converted into the latter.
@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ OPTIONS
Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This
option superseeds any other option.
-i|--info::
Use the 'info' program to display the manual page, instead of
the 'man' program that is used by default.
Author
------
Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and the git-list

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@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ OPTIONS
commands. If the option '--all' or '-a' is given then all
available commands are printed. If a git command is named this
option will bring up the manual page for that command.
+
Other options are available to control how the manual page is
displayed. See gitlink:git-help[1] for more information,
because 'git --help ...' is converted internally into 'git
help ...'.
--exec-path::
Path to wherever your core git programs are installed.