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authorChristian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>2008-02-14 08:01:23 +0100
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-02-16 00:46:33 -0800
commitcb45f83cbdfcde4333ea5982b3c763e136fc599c (patch)
tree6f3d00d8fd390ecccd1f840b968e32fd9ccb84f5 /Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
parent8e08689959a78bb4f27e010fbd225b4bf3addadb (diff)
downloadgit-cb45f83cbdfcde4333ea5982b3c763e136fc599c.tar.gz
Documentation: add 'git-web--browse.txt' and simplify other docs.
'git-help.txt' and 'git-instaweb.txt' contained duplicated information about 'git-web--browse'. This patch puts this information where it belongs. Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
index a1456abeb6..51f1532ef7 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-instaweb.txt
@@ -40,21 +40,9 @@ OPTIONS
-b|--browser::
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
+ script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. See
+ linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this. If
+ the script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout.
--start::
Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
@@ -85,13 +73,8 @@ You may specify configuration in your .git/config
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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.
+'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined. See
+linkgit:git-web--browse[1] for more information about this.
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