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NAME

git-help - Display help information about Git

SYNOPSIS

git help [-a|--all [--verbose]] [-g|--guide]
	   [-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND|GUIDE]

DESCRIPTION

With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the git command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output.

If the option --all or -a is given, all available commands are printed on the standard output.

If the option --guide or -g is given, a list of the useful Git guides is also printed on the standard output.

If a command, or a guide, is given, a manual page for that command or guide is brought up. The man program is used by default for this purpose, but this can be overridden by other options or configuration variables.

Note that git --help ... is identical to git help ... because the former is internally converted into the latter.

To display the git[1] man page, use git help git.

This page can be displayed with git help help or git help --help

OPTIONS