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diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index b21e9d79be..40d328a4b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ With no options and no COMMAND or GUIDE given, the synopsis of the 'git' command and a list of the most commonly used Git commands are printed on the standard output. -If the option '--all' or '-a' is given, all available commands are +If the option `--all` or `-a` is given, all available commands are printed on the standard output. -If the option '--guide' or '-g' is given, a list of the useful +If the option `--guide` or `-g` is given, a list of the useful Git guides is also printed on the standard output. If a command, or a guide, is given, a manual page for that command or @@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ OPTIONS --man:: Display manual page for the command in the 'man' format. This option may be used to override a value set in the - 'help.format' configuration variable. + `help.format` configuration variable. + By default the 'man' program will be used to display the manual page, -but the 'man.viewer' configuration variable may be used to choose +but the `man.viewer` configuration variable may be used to choose other display programs (see below). -w:: @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ other display programs (see below). format. A web browser will be used for that purpose. + The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable -'help.browser', or 'web.browser' if the former is not set. If none of +`help.browser`, or `web.browser` if the former is not set. If none of these config variables is set, the 'git web{litdd}browse' helper script (called by 'git help') will pick a suitable default. See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this. @@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ CONFIGURATION VARIABLES help.format ~~~~~~~~~~~ -If no command line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration +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', @@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ line option: help.browser, web.browser and browser.<tool>.path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -The 'help.browser', 'web.browser' and 'browser.<tool>.path' will also -be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command line +The `help.browser`, `web.browser` and `browser.<tool>.path` will also +be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command-line option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS section above and linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1]. man.viewer ~~~~~~~~~~ -The 'man.viewer' config variable will be checked if the 'man' format -is chosen. The following values are currently supported: +The `man.viewer` configuration variable will be checked if the 'man' +format is chosen. The following values are currently supported: * "man": use the 'man' program as usual, * "woman": use 'emacsclient' to launch the "woman" mode in emacs @@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ is chosen. The following values are currently supported: tab (see 'Note about konqueror' below). Values for other tools can be used if there is a corresponding -'man.<tool>.cmd' configuration entry (see below). +`man.<tool>.cmd` configuration entry (see below). -Multiple values may be given to the 'man.viewer' configuration +Multiple values may be given to the `man.viewer` configuration variable. Their corresponding programs will be tried in the order listed in the configuration file. @@ -124,18 +124,18 @@ For example, this configuration: viewer = woman ------------------------------------------------ -will try to use konqueror first. But this may fail (for example if +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, or if no viewer is configured, the viewer specified -in the GIT_MAN_VIEWER environment variable will be tried. If that +in the `GIT_MAN_VIEWER` environment variable will be tried. If that fails too, 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 +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. @@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ available in PATH. man.<tool>.cmd ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -When the man viewer, specified by the 'man.viewer' configuration +When the man viewer, specified by the `man.viewer` configuration variables, is not among the supported ones, then the corresponding -'man.<tool>.cmd' configuration variable will be looked up. If this +`man.<tool>.cmd` configuration variable will be looked up. If this variable exists then the specified tool will be treated as a custom command and a shell eval will be used to run the command with the man page passed as arguments. @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ page passed as arguments. Note about konqueror ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -When 'konqueror' is specified in the 'man.viewer' configuration +When 'konqueror' is specified in the `man.viewer` configuration variable, we launch 'kfmclient' to try to open the man page on an already opened konqueror in a new tab if possible. @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ Note about git config --global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Note that all these configuration variables should probably be set -using the '--global' flag, for example like this: +using the `--global` flag, for example like this: ------------------------------------------------ $ git config --global help.format web |