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diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index f414583fc4..f8df109d07 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ other display programs (see below). + The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable 'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of -these config variables is set, the 'git-web--browse' helper script -(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default. See +these config variables is set, the 'git web--browse' helper script +(called by 'git help') will pick a suitable default. See linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ help.format If no command line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration variable will be checked. The following values are supported for this -variable; they make 'git-help' behave as their corresponding command +variable; they make 'git help' behave as their corresponding command line option: * "man" corresponds to '-m|--man', @@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ For example, this configuration: will try to use konqueror first. But this may fail (for example if DISPLAY is not set) and in that case emacs' woman mode will be tried. -If everything fails the 'man' program will be tried anyway. +If everything fails, or if no viewer is configured, the viewer specified +in the GIT_MAN_VIEWER environment variable will be tried. If that +fails too, the 'man' program will be tried anyway. man.<tool>.path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ 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 +'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git help' assumes the tool is available in PATH. man.<tool>.cmd |