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diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt index da3f71850a..a8ffcbe78b 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-help.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ printed on the standard output. If a git command is named, a manual page for that command is brought up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this -can be overriden by other options or configuration variables. +can be overridden by other options or configuration variables. Note that 'git --help ...' is identical as 'git help ...' because the former is internally converted into the latter. @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ OPTIONS ------- -a|--all:: Prints all the available commands on the standard output. This - option superseeds any other option. + option supersedes any other option. -i|--info:: Use the 'info' program to display the manual page, instead of @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable these config variables is set, the 'git-help--browse' helper script (called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default. + -You can explicitly provide a full path to your prefered browser by +You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example, you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting 'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-help--browse' assumes the tool @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ line option: * "web" or "html" correspond to '-w|--web', The 'help.browser', 'web.browser' and 'browser.<tool>.path' will also -be checked if the 'web' format is choosen (either by command line +be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command line option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS section above. |