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| author | Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> | 2008-04-25 08:24:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-04-26 14:33:56 -0700 |
| commit | 7e8114c0683e6ecfd400a5a798ae7e2fc91249fb (patch) | |
| tree | d4f7974afa13eb74a2a9c0cf114756d95959ae94 /Documentation/git-help.txt | |
| parent | 7b15f872f23855de59bd06b0ebdbbc47b27b781b (diff) | |
| download | git-7e8114c0683e6ecfd400a5a798ae7e2fc91249fb.tar.gz | |
documentation: help: add "man.<tool>.path" config variable
This patch documents the "man.<tool>.path" configuration
variable.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-help.txt')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index be2ae53b90..4c6cb2194c 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ DISPLAY is not set) and in that case emacs' woman mode will be tried. If everything fails the 'man' program will be tried anyway. +man.<tool>.path +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred man viewer by +setting the configuration variable 'man.<tool>.path'. For example, you +can configure the absolute path to konqueror by setting +'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git help' assumes the tool is +available in PATH. + Note about git config --global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |