How many commands does Git have ? In particular :
- How many high level commands ?
- How many total commands, including the very low level commands such as git-read-tree` ?
Optional : How many average flags by command ?
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6What has become of the good old tradition of RTFM? – Jens Jul 30 '12 at 09:52
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Because one can extend git with own plugins quite easy: Infinite :) – KingCrunch Jul 30 '12 at 10:04
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git help -a
would list all the commands, but without distinction between porcelain and plumbing commands.
That would be 152 for a git 1.7.11.3
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@kangalioo `C:\>git version`: `git version 2.20.1.windows.1` and: `C:\>git help -a|grep "^ "|wc -l`: 141. – VonC Feb 15 '19 at 18:02
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I do have exactly 135 subcommands (not counting the external `clang-format`. I'm on Linux though, might be different between OSes – kangalioo Feb 15 '19 at 19:09