[PATCH 2/2] documentation: help: add "man.<tool>.path" config variable
From: Christian Couder <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:44:23
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
This patch documents the "man.<tool>.path" configuration variable. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <redacted> --- Documentation/config.txt | 4 ++++ Documentation/git-help.txt | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index f156b1d..32689b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt@@ -761,6 +761,10 @@ man.viewer:: Specify the programs that may be used to display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. +man.<tool>.path:: + Override the path for the given tool that may be used to + display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1]. + merge.summary:: Whether to include summaries of merged commits in newly created merge commit messages. False by default.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index be2ae53..4c6cb21 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ DISPLAY is not set) and in that case emacs' woman mode will be tried. If everything fails 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 +can configure the absolute path to konqueror by setting +'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git help' assumes the tool is +available in PATH. + Note about git config --global ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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