Merge branch 'maint'

* maint:
  help: Do not unnecessarily look for a repository
  Documentation: Fix a few i.e./e.g. mix-ups
  Documentation: Document --branch option in git clone synopsis

Documentation/git-bundle.txt

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ssh, rsync, http) cannot be used.  This command provides support for
 'git-fetch' and 'git-pull' to operate by packaging objects and references
 in an archive at the originating machine, then importing those into
 another repository using 'git-fetch' and 'git-pull'
-after moving the archive by some means (i.e., by sneakernet).  As no
+after moving the archive by some means (e.g., by sneakernet).  As no
 direct connection between the repositories exists, the user must specify a
 basis for the bundle that is held by the destination repository: the
 bundle assumes that all objects in the basis are already in the

Documentation/git-clone.txt

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 [verse]
 'git clone' [--template=<template_directory>]
 	  [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror]
-	  [-o <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
+	  [-o <name>] [-b <name>] [-u <upload-pack>] [--reference <repository>]
 	  [--depth <depth>] [--recursive] [--] <repository> [<directory>]
 
 DESCRIPTION

Documentation/gitcore-tutorial.txt

@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ $ git tag -s <tagname>
 ----------------
 
 which will sign the current `HEAD` (but you can also give it another
-argument that specifies the thing to tag, i.e., you could have tagged the
+argument that specifies the thing to tag, e.g., you could have tagged the
 current `mybranch` point by using `git tag <tagname> mybranch`).
 
 You normally only do signed tags for major releases or things

builtin-help.c

@@ -427,16 +427,16 @@ int cmd_help(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
-	git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
-
 	if (!argv[0]) {
 		printf("usage: %s\n\n", git_usage_string);
 		list_common_cmds_help();
 		printf("\n%s\n", git_more_info_string);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+	git_config(git_help_config, NULL);
+
 	alias = alias_lookup(argv[0]);
 	if (alias && !is_git_command(argv[0])) {
 		printf("`git %s' is aliased to `%s'\n", argv[0], alias);