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Diffstat (limited to 'help.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | help.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -239,6 +239,27 @@ void list_common_cmds_help(void) } } +static void setup_man_path(void) +{ + struct strbuf new_path; + const char *old_path = getenv("MANPATH"); + + strbuf_init(&new_path, 0); + + /* We should always put ':' after our path. If there is no + * old_path, the ':' at the end will let 'man' to try + * system-wide paths after ours to find the manual page. If + * there is old_path, we need ':' as delimiter. */ + strbuf_addstr(&new_path, GIT_MAN_PATH); + strbuf_addch(&new_path, ':'); + if (old_path) + strbuf_addstr(&new_path, old_path); + + setenv("MANPATH", new_path.buf, 1); + + strbuf_release(&new_path); +} + static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd) { const char *page; @@ -254,6 +275,7 @@ static void show_man_page(const char *git_cmd) page = p; } + setup_man_path(); execlp("man", "man", page, NULL); } |