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diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index d9b9c34b3a..9e0b3f6811 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ git-help - display help information about git SYNOPSIS -------- +[verse] 'git help' [-a|--all|-i|--info|-m|--man|-w|--web] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION @@ -55,9 +56,9 @@ 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 -linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. +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. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES ----------------------- @@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ 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', @@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ 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 option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS -section above and linkgit:git-web--browse[1]. +section above and linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1]. man.viewer ~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ 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 @@ -171,17 +172,6 @@ $ git config --global web.browser firefox as they are probably more user specific than repository specific. See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this. -Author ------- -Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> and the git-list -<git@vger.kernel.org>. - -Documentation -------------- -Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[1] man page. -Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> extracted and rewrote it a -little. Maintenance is done by the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |