diff --git a/Documentation/git.adoc b/Documentation/git.adoc index 6f0075f9188774..6dfb829a7e06cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.adoc +++ b/Documentation/git.adoc @@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. -See linkgit:gittutorial[7] to get started, then see -linkgit:giteveryday[7] for a useful minimum set of -commands. The link:user-manual.html[Git User's Manual] has a more -in-depth introduction. See linkgit:gitdatamodel[7] if you want to -learn about the data model and important terminology. +There are two ways to get help with any Git subcommand (replace "push" +with the command you want help with): -After you mastered the basic concepts, you can come back to this -page to learn what commands Git offers. You can learn more about -individual Git commands with "git help command". linkgit:gitcli[7] -manual page gives you an overview of the command-line command syntax. +- `git push -h` for a short help +- `git push --help` or `git help push` for the full documentation -A formatted and hyperlinked copy of the latest Git documentation -can be viewed at https://git.github.io/htmldocs/git.html -or https://git-scm.com/docs. +There are also guides explaining Git's concepts and more: +- `git help` shows the most frequently used Git subcommands +- `git help --guides` lists Git's concept guides +- `git help --user-interfaces` lists guides for various + special files you can use to change Git's behaviour + +You can view an HTML version of the documentation with `git help --web` +(for example `git help --web push`) or at https://git-scm.com/docs. OPTIONS -------