Re: [PATCH] Improve git-help--browse browser support under OS X

From: Jay Soffian <jaysoffian+git@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 11, 2008, 02:13 UTC
Message-ID: <76718490802101813n5b2121fcp25b4c65eb32ab14e@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200802101445.16033.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

On Feb 10, 2008 8:45 AM, Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> wrote:

> I wonder if "open" works on OS X outside the OS X GUI environment. (And do
> people use OS X outside the OS X GUI environment ?)

"open" simulates double-clicking on a document icon, so, no it does not make sense to use it unless the GUI is active. What I was referring to though is that you can't ssh into another OS X host and use open, even if there is a user logged into the GUI on that host, for obvious security reasons.

> In the git "next" branch, "git-help--browse" has been
> renamed "git-web--browse". And the original patch is
> against "git-web--browse" except in the title where it is
> about "git-help--browse".

Yeah, my typo in the title.

> Anyway now in "next", "git-web--browse" is used by both "git help" and "git
> instaweb", so the documentation of both commands need an update.

The git instaweb documentation update should be in a separate patch. Though I think maybe the right way to handle this is add a new doc for git-web--browse and then have the instaweb and help docs refer to that, no?

BTW, what is the reason for the two-dashes in git-web--browse's name?

j.