bal: warn about #1279 in manual

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Simon Michael 2020-07-04 16:12:29 -07:00
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@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ $ hledger balance
By default, accounts are displayed hierarchically, with subaccounts indented below their parent. By default, accounts are displayed hierarchically, with subaccounts indented below their parent.
At each level of the tree, accounts are sorted by [account code](/journal.html#declaring-accounts) if any, then by account name. At each level of the tree, accounts are sorted by [account code](/journal.html#declaring-accounts) if any, then by account name.
Or with `-S/--sort-amount`, by their balance amount. Or with `-S/--sort-amount`, by their balance amount, largest first.
(Note: `-S` has a [problem](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1279) in hledger 1.11-1.18).
"Boring" accounts, which contain a single interesting subaccount and "Boring" accounts, which contain a single interesting subaccount and
no balance of their own, are elided into the following line for more compact output. no balance of their own, are elided into the following line for more compact output.