git help in Windows command prompt

Question

The git help command on Windows (msysgit distribution) spawns web browser each time I run it. I tried git help -m which reports \"No

Answer 1

World's most overengineered workaround for this problem: use WSL

(that is, unless you already are a WSL user, in which case it's merely an ordinary workaround)

1. Install one of the linux distros via Windows Store
2. Go in and ensure it has the git package installed
3. From the Windows command line, bash -c 'git help fetch' etc.

Here's an alias for that last one:

[alias]
    hep = "!f() { $SYSTEMROOT/System32/bash -c \"git help $1\"; }; f"

(And no you can't override git built-ins, but you can make a shell command to intercept and reroute help.)