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| author | Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> | 2008-02-09 07:10:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2008-02-09 23:42:37 -0800 |
| commit | b261ec463a4c117aa7961fd3667ffafe0f9ee986 (patch) | |
| tree | 894492baefae0d40345b625fa8407ebe20ec93a6 /Documentation/git-instaweb.txt | |
| parent | 897d39ced4a670dd46df489b25561926dfb011dc (diff) | |
| download | git-b261ec463a4c117aa7961fd3667ffafe0f9ee986.tar.gz | |
Documentation: instaweb: add 'git-web--browse' information.
Now that 'git-instaweb' uses 'git-web--browse', update the
documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-instaweb.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-instaweb.txt | 27 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt index 841e8fac7f..a1456abeb6 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt @@ -38,10 +38,23 @@ OPTIONS The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234) -b|--browser:: - - The web browser command-line to execute to view the gitweb page. - If blank, the URL of the gitweb instance will be printed to - stdout. (Default: 'firefox') + The web browser that should be used to view the gitweb + page. This will be passed to the 'git-web--browse' helper + script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. If the + script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout. ++ +Note that the 'git-web--browse' 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 --start:: Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate @@ -74,6 +87,12 @@ You may specify configuration in your .git/config If the configuration variable 'instaweb.browser' is not set, 'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined. +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. + Author ------ Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> |