Description of problem: Snippet from manual page: NOTES 1. revert-a-faulty-merge How-To file:///usr/share/doc/git/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html The file is actually located in the /usr/share/doc/git-core-doc/howto/revert-a-faulty-merge.html Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): git-2.7.4-2.fc24.x86_64 git-2.7.4-1.fc24.x86_64 git-2.5.5-1.fc23.x86_64 How reproducible: deterministic Steps to Reproduce: 1. Check manual page for the above snippet 2. Check the real location of the documentation Actual results: The file is located elsewhere. Expected results: The link should work and be useful. Probably by fixing a manual page. There might be also other broken links, since the documentation is in a subpackage, with different path.
Same error causing the command to fail. $ git help --web help fatal: '/usr/share/doc/git': not a documentation directory. Tested on Fedora 26 Creating a symbolic link git --> git-core-doc is a work-around.
*** Bug 1471004 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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A fix for this has been made in rawhide and we plan to push it to f26 shortly (possibly coinciding with git-2.13.4).
git-2.13.4-1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-965b1a5f8b
$ git help --web help Now works. Problem solved.
git-2.13.4-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-965b1a5f8b
git-2.13.4-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.