Philip Oakley <philipoak...@iee.org> writes: > On GfW I commonly use the `git <cmd> --help` when things go wrong, so > making the response to that give the right advice would be good.
There are three levels of details ;-) "git --help" is meant as a shorter and sweeter version of "git help git" that is more detailed than "git -h". It is conceivable for an enterprising developer to write a set of documentation with medium level details and make "git add --help" give such a medium level doc, more detailed than "git add -h" but more concice than "git help add". Those who did "git <cmd> --help" did not bother doing so.
