Support "git cmd --help" syntax

[git.git] / git.c

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 61265a8..140ed18 100644 (file)
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -413,6 +413,12 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv, char **envp)
        };
        int i;
 
+       /* Turn "git cmd --help" into "git help cmd" */
+       if (argc > 1 && !strcmp(argv[1], "--help")) {
+               argv[1] = argv[0];
+               argv[0] = cmd = "help";
+       }
+
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(commands); i++) {
                struct cmd_struct *p = commands+i;
                if (strcmp(p->cmd, cmd))