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Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-help: add "web_or_man" and "web_or_info" config vars.

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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Dec 12, 2007, 07:17 UTC
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Le mercredi 12 décembre 2007, Junio C Hamano a écrit :
> I personally feel this is going a bit overboard.

The main problem without it is for people who like web browser, but often use ssh without -Y. In this latter case, they may enter into "manly" mode, you know, and don't want to be bothered to install or use some kind of text based web browser.

Christian.
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  1. 2/2 git-help: add "web_or_man" and "web_or_info" config vars.Christian Couder, Dec 12, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2007
  3. Christian CouderDec 12, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 12, 2007

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