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diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index df57d010e5..ddbae5b194 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported: * dillo * open (this is the default under Mac OS X GUI) +Custom commands may also be specified. + OPTIONS ------- -b BROWSER|--browser=BROWSER:: @@ -43,16 +45,35 @@ OPTIONS CONFIGURATION VARIABLES ----------------------- +CONF.VAR (from -c option) and web.browser +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + The web browser can be specified using a configuration variable passed with the -c (or --config) command line option, or the 'web.browser' configuration variable if the former is not used. +browser.<tool>.path +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 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-web--browse' assumes the tool is available in PATH. +browser.<tool>.cmd +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When the browser, specified by options or configuration variables, is +not among the supported ones, then the corresponding +'browser.<tool>.cmd' configuration variable will be looked up. If this +variable exists then "git web--browse" will treat the specified tool +as a custom command and will use a shell eval to run the command with +the URLs passed as arguments. + +Note about git config --global +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using the '--global' flag, for example like this: |