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documentation: help: add "man.<tool>.path" config variable

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This patch documents the "man.<tool>.path" configuration
variable.

Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Christian Couder 2008-04-25 08:24:41 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -805,6 +805,10 @@ merge.<driver>.recursive::
performing an internal merge between common ancestors. performing an internal merge between common ancestors.
See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details. See linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
man.<tool>.path::
Override the path for the given tool that may be used to
display help in the 'man' format. See linkgit:git-help[1].
mergetool.<tool>.path:: mergetool.<tool>.path::
Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case Override the path for the given tool. This is useful in case
your tool is not in the PATH. your tool is not in the PATH.

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@ -104,6 +104,15 @@ DISPLAY is not set) and in that case emacs' woman mode will be tried.
If everything fails the 'man' program will be tried anyway. If everything fails the 'man' program will be tried anyway.
man.<tool>.path
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can explicitly provide a full path to your preferred man viewer by
setting the configuration variable 'man.<tool>.path'. For example, you
can configure the absolute path to konqueror by setting
'man.konqueror.path'. Otherwise, 'git help' assumes the tool is
available in PATH.
Note about git config --global Note about git config --global
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