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Parenthetical numbers in Git documentation

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unix

What do the parenthetical numbers in the Kernel.org Git docs reference?

For example: git(1) Manual Page git-add(1) git-am(1)

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AaronS Avatar asked Dec 01 '25 09:12

AaronS


1 Answers

The numbers refer to sections of the Unix manual. That notation is not specific to git, it's common in all man pages on Unix.

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inger Avatar answered Dec 03 '25 00:12

inger



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