Git Help

Git Help

Git has built in help for every command. When you forget the details, ask Git itself.

Get help for a command

git help commit

This opens the full manual page for git commit.

Shorter help

git commit -h

This prints a short summary of options right in the terminal, without opening a manual page.

Same thing, different spellings

All three of these show the full help:

git help add
git add --help
git -h add

List all commands

git help -a

This lists every Git command you have installed.

Find a command by topic

git help -g

This lists guides and tutorials like "gitglossary" and "githooks".

TL;DR

• git help command opens the manual page.
• git command -h prints a quick option summary.
• git help -a lists all commands.
• Git's help is always installed, even offline.