# [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: config: add "browser.<tool>.path".

3 messages from 2008-01-28 to 2008-01-29. Participants: Christian Couder, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/11766

## Christian Couder, 2008-01-28 07:02

Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: config: add "browser.<tool>.path".
Message-ID: <20080128080223.de8a67d2.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20080128080223.de8a67d2.chriscool%40tuxfamily.org

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Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
---
 Documentation/config.txt |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index 877eda9..c2fedd1 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
 	it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
 	for details).
 
+browser.<tool>.path::
+	Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
+	browse help. See linkgit:git-help[1].
+
 clean.requireForce::
 	A boolean to make git-clean do nothing unless given -f
 	or -n.   Defaults to true.
-- 
1.5.4.rc4.16.g1009

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2008-01-28 07:36

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: config: add "browser.<tool>.path".
Message-ID: <7v1w82wgev.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v1w82wgev.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <20080128080223.de8a67d2.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

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Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/config.txt |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 877eda9..c2fedd1 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -367,6 +367,10 @@ branch.<name>.rebase::
>  	it unless you understand the implications (see linkgit:git-rebase[1]
>  	for details).
>  
> +browser.<tool>.path::
> +	Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
> +	browse help. See linkgit:git-help[1].
> +

Thanks.

I wonder if we want to stress the fact that this is about
rendering HTML version of the manual.  IOW, the <tool>.path
is about the path the chosen HTML renderer program is at, and
not consulted at all unless "git help -w help" is run.

Also, do we want to list the repertoire of <tool>?  Unlike
<name> in "remote.<name>.url" and "branch.<name>.remote", this
is not something the end user can arbitrarily name.

Incidentally, I notice that git-help manual page does not list
what browsers are supported (except that it hints that firefox
is usable by having an example "browser.firefox.path"), even
though it tells how the browser is picked via "*.browser".

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## Christian Couder, 2008-01-29 06:07

Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Documentation: config: add "browser.<tool>.path".
Message-ID: <200801290707.57040.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200801290707.57040.chriscool%40tuxfamily.org
In-Reply-To: <7v1w82wgev.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

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Le lundi 28 janvier 2008, Junio C Hamano a écrit :
> Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> writes:
> >
> > +browser.<tool>.path::
> > +	Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
> > +	browse help. See linkgit:git-help[1].
> > +
>
> Thanks.
>
> I wonder if we want to stress the fact that this is about
> rendering HTML version of the manual.  IOW, the <tool>.path
> is about the path the chosen HTML renderer program is at, and
> not consulted at all unless "git help -w help" is run.
>
> Also, do we want to list the repertoire of <tool>?  Unlike
> <name> in "remote.<name>.url" and "branch.<name>.remote", this
> is not something the end user can arbitrarily name.
>
> Incidentally, I notice that git-help manual page does not list
> what browsers are supported (except that it hints that firefox
> is usable by having an example "browser.firefox.path"), even
> though it tells how the browser is picked via "*.browser".

It should be fixed in the following patch series.

Thanks,
Christian.

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