From: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net>
While both GUI and console Cygwin browsers do exist, anecdotal evidence suggests most users rely on their native Windows browser. cygstart, which is a long-standing part of the base Cygwin installation, will cause the page to be opened in the default Windows browser (the one registered to open .html files).
Signed-off-by: Yaakov Selkowitz <yselkowitz@users.sourceforge.net> --- Documentation/git-web--browse.txt | 1 + git-web--browse.sh | 9 +++++++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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Documentation/git-web--browse.txt, git-web--browse.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt index ba79cb4..5aec4ec 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-web--browse.txt @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported: * dillo * open (this is the default under Mac OS X GUI) * start (this is the default under MinGW) +* cygstart (this is the default under Cygwin) Custom commands may also be specified. diff --git a/git-web--browse.sh b/git-web--browse.sh index 9f44679..9fc1dba 100755 --- a/git-web--browse.sh +++ b/git-web--browse.sh @@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ valid_tool() { case "$1" in firefox | iceweasel | seamonkey | iceape | \ chrome | google-chrome | chromium | chromium-browser |\ - konqueror | opera | w3m | elinks | links | lynx | dillo | open | start) + konqueror | opera | w3m | elinks | links | lynx | dillo | open |\ + start | cygstart) ;; # happy *) valid_custom_tool "$1" || return 1 @@ -127,6 +128,10 @@ if test -z "$browser" ; then if test -x /bin/start; then browser_candidates="start $browser_candidates" fi + # /usr/bin/cygstart indicates Cygwin + if test -x /usr/bin/cygstart; then + browser_candidates="cygstart $browser_candidates" + fi for i in $browser_candidates; do init_browser_path $i @@ -174,7 +179,7 @@ konqueror) ;; esac ;; -w3m|elinks|links|lynx|open) +w3m|elinks|links|lynx|open|cygstart) "$browser_path" "$@" ;; start)
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