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author | Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org> | |
Sat, 9 Feb 2008 06:10:57 +0000 (07:10 +0100) | ||
committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | |
Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:42:37 +0000 (23:42 -0800) |
Now that 'git-instaweb' uses 'git-web--browse', update the
documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
documentation accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-instaweb.txt | patch | blob | history |
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The port number to bind the httpd to. (Default: 1234)
-b|--browser::
-
- The web browser command-line to execute to view the gitweb page.
- If blank, the URL of the gitweb instance will be printed to
- stdout. (Default: 'firefox')
+ The web browser that should be used to view the gitweb
+ page. This will be passed to the 'git-web--browse' helper
+ script along with the URL of the gitweb instance. If the
+ script fails, the URL will be printed to stdout.
++
+Note that the 'git-web--browse' script tries, as much as possible, to
+display the HTML page in a new tab on an already opened browser.
++
+The following browsers are currently supported by 'git-web--browse':
++
+* firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE)
+* iceweasel
+* konqueror (this is the default under KDE)
+* w3m (this is the default outside X Window)
+* links
+* lynx
+* dillo
--start::
Start the httpd instance and exit. This does not generate
If the configuration variable 'instaweb.browser' is not set,
'web.browser' will be used instead if it is defined.
+You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred browser by
+setting the configuration variable 'browser.<tool>.path'. For example,
+you can configure the absolute path to firefox by setting
+'browser.firefox.path'. Otherwise, 'git-web--browse' assumes the tool
+is available in PATH.
+
Author
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Written by Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>