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'git help' [[-i|--info] [-m|--man] [-w|--web]] [<command>|<doc>]
'git help' [-g|--guides]
'git help' [-c|--config]
+'git help' [--user-interfaces]
DESCRIPTION
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@@ -69,6 +70,19 @@ OPTIONS
--guides::
Prints a list of the Git concept guides on the standard output.
+--user-interfaces::
+ Prints a list of the repository, command and file interfaces
+ documentation on the standard output.
++
+In-repository file interfaces such as `.git/info/exclude` are
+documented here (see linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5]), as well as
+in-tree configuration such as `.mailmap` (see linkgit:gitmailmap[5]).
++
+This section of the documentation also covers general or widespread
+user-interface conventions (e.g. linkgit:gitcli[7]), and
+pseudo-configuration such as the file-based `.git/hooks/*` interface
+described in linkgit:githooks[5].
+
-i::
--info::
Display manual page for the command in the 'info' format. The