From b14f1df9f26cf87856cf6767847ccb4a5b31499b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 16:56:51 +0100 Subject: branch: advice using git-help(1) instead of man(1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 8fbd903e (branch: advise about ref syntax rules, 2024-03-05) added an advice about checking git-check-ref-format(1) for the ref syntax rules. The advice uses man(1). But git(1) is a multi-platform tool and man(1) may not be available on some platforms. It might also be slightly jarring to see a suggestion for running a command which is not from the Git suite. Let’s instead use git-help(1) in order to stay inside the land of git(1). This also means that `help.format` (for `man`, `html` or other formats) will be used if set. Also change to using single quotes (') to quote the command since that is more conventional. While here let’s also update the test to use `{SQ}`, which is more readable and easier to edit. Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Haugsbakk Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- builtin/branch.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'builtin') diff --git a/builtin/branch.c b/builtin/branch.c index 9fcf04bebb..c577b5d20f 100644 --- a/builtin/branch.c +++ b/builtin/branch.c @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ static void copy_or_rename_branch(const char *oldname, const char *newname, int else { int code = die_message(_("invalid branch name: '%s'"), oldname); advise_if_enabled(ADVICE_REF_SYNTAX, - _("See `man git check-ref-format`")); + _("See 'git help check-ref-format'")); exit(code); } } -- cgit v1.3