{"thread":{"id":"13252","subject":"[PATCH 2/5] documentation: help: add \"man.<tool>.path\" config variable","startedAt":"2008-04-25T06:24:41Z","lastAt":"2008-04-25T06:24:41Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Christian Couder"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":5},"messages":[{"id":"75168","messageId":"20080425082441.9f2c7732.chriscool@tuxfamily.org","threadId":"13252","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH 2/5] documentation: help: add \"man.<tool>.path\" config variable","fromName":"Christian Couder","fromEmail":"chriscool@tuxfamily.org","sentAt":"2008-04-25T06:24:41Z","receivedAt":"2008-04-25T06:24:41Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"christian.couder@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/208954?v=4"},"body":"This patch documents the \"man.<tool>.path\" configuration\nvariable.\n\nSigned-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>\n---\n Documentation/config.txt   |    4 ++++\n Documentation/git-help.txt |    9 +++++++++\n 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)\n\ndiff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt\nindex b109bdf..c1c72e7 100644\n--- a/Documentation/config.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/config.txt\n@@ -773,6 +773,10 @@ man.viewer::\n \tSpecify the programs that may be used to display help in the\n \t'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].\n \n+man.<tool>.path::\n+\tOverride the path for the given tool that may be used to\n+\tdisplay help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].\n+\n include::merge-config.txt[]\n \n mergetool.<tool>.path::\ndiff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt\nindex be2ae53..4c6cb21 100644\n--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt\n+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt\n@@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ DISPLAY is not set) and in that case emacs' woman mode will be tried.\n \n If everything fails the 'man' program will be tried anyway.\n \n+man.<tool>.path\n+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n+\n+You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred man viewer by\n+setting the configuration variable 'man.<tool>.path'. For example, you\n+can configure the absolute path to konqueror by setting\n+'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git help' assumes the tool is\n+available in PATH.\n+\n Note about git config --global\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n \n-- \n1.5.5.130.g3ab1e.dirty\n"}]}