Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] help: Add '--follow-alias' option

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:00:26 -0700

Namhyung Kim <[email-masked]> writes:

> The --follow-alias option will look up the alias definitions and
> use the first word as a command. For example, if I set my aliases
> as follows:
>
>  $ git help br
>  `git br' is aliased to `git branch'
>  $ git help ru
>  `git ru' is aliased to `git remote update'
>
> adding --follow-alias (or -f) option will show man pages of
> git-branch and git-remote, respectively.

What would happen when somebody has this?

	[alias]
        	br = branch --list

	$ git help --follow-alias br
	... man page for git-branch is shown ...

NAK.

> +-f::
> +--follow-alias::
> +	Read alias definitions and use its first word as a command name
> +	(if any).

Also, please do not let a potentially ill-conceived option to squat on a
short and sweet single letter option name, until it proves to be useful.