+
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-help--browse' helper script
+these config variables is set, the 'git-web--browse' helper script
(called by 'git-help') will pick a suitable default.
+
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
+'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-web--browse' assumes the tool
is available in PATH.
+
Note that the script tries, as much as possible, to display the HTML
page in a new tab on an already opened browser.
++
+The following browsers are currently supported by 'git-web--browse':
++
+* firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE)
+* iceweasel
+* konqueror (this is the default under KDE)
+* w3m (this is the default outside X Window)
+* links
+* lynx
+* dillo
CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
-----------------------
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as they are probably more user specific than repository specific.
-See gitlink:git-config[1] for more information about this.
+See linkgit:git-config[1] for more information about this.
Author
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Documentation
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-Initial documentation was part of the gitlink:git[7] man page.
+Initial documentation was part of the linkgit:git[7] 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
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-Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
+Part of the linkgit:git[7] suite