How to display information about a command?
git help command_name
To display information about a command use git help command_name
, where command_name is the git command of your choice.
git help init
NAME
git-init - Create an empty Git repository or reinitialize an existing one
SYNOPSIS
git init [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=]
[--separate-git-dir]
[--shared[=]] [directory]
DESCRIPTION
This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a .git directory with subdirectories for objects, refs/heads, refs/tags, and template files. An
initial HEAD file that references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.
...
See git help to learn more about it.