The "help" command:
Usage: fossil help [OPTIONS] [TOPIC] [SUBCOMMAND]
Display information on how to use TOPIC, which may be a command, webpage, or setting. Webpage names begin with "/". If TOPIC is omitted, a list of topics is returned. If there is an extra argument after TOPIC, it is the name of a subcommand, in which case only the help text for that one subcommand is shown.
The following options can be used when TOPIC is omitted:
- -a|--all
- List both common and auxiliary commands
- -e|--everything
- List all help on all topics
- -f|--full
- List full set of commands (including auxiliary and unsupported "test" commands), options, settings, and web pages
- -o|--options
- List command-line options common to all commands
- -s|--setting
- List setting names
- -t|--test
- List unsupported "test" commands
- -v|--verbose
- List both names and help text
- -x|--aux
- List only auxiliary commands
- -w|--www
- List all web pages
These options can be used when TOPIC is present:
- -c|--commands
- Restrict TOPIC search to commands
- -h|--html
- Format output as HTML rather than plain text
- -o|--options
- Show command-line options for TOPIC
- --raw
- Output raw, unformatted help text
- -u|--usage
- Show a succinct usage summary, not full help text