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Re: [PATCH] Let git-help prefer man-pages installed with this version of git

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 7, 2007, 19:29 UTC
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Sergei Organov <osv@javad.com> writes:
> First, I don't think you need to clarify like this. It is just
> implementation detail of git-help that it uses 'man', and thus
> implicitly relies on MANPATH. The essential thing has been already
> stated above: git-help should show correct documentation.

Ok, this is a good argument for the patch. With Christian's enhancements, we will handle -i(nfo) and -w(eb) and we will tell the "info" and "html" browsers where the documentation we installed for the running instance of git is, so we should do so consistently for "manpage" browser (aka "man"). You are right.

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  1. Let git-help prefer man-pages installed with this version of gitSergei Organov, Dec 6, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 6, 2007
  3. Sergei OrganovDec 7, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2007
  5. Sergei OrganovDec 7, 2007
  6. Andreas EricssonDec 7, 2007
  7. Sergei OrganovDec 7, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2007
  9. David BrownDec 7, 2007
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