These options tell UI programs where git put its documentation, so "Help" actions can show the documentation for *this* version of git without regard to how MANPATH and INFOPATH are set up. Details: . Each variable tells where documentation is expected to be. They do not indicate whether documentation was actually installed. . The output of "git --html-path" is an absolute path and can be used in "file://$(git --html-path)/git-add.html" to name the HTML file documenting a particular command. . --man-path names a manual page hierarchy (e.g., /home/user/share/man). Its output can be passed to "man -M" or put at the beginning of $MANPATH. . --info-path names a directory with info files (e.g., /home/user/share/info). Its output is suitable as an argument to "info -d" or for inclusion in $INFOPATH. Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> --- Sorry for the long tangent. Maybe a summary can be useful. Documentation/git.txt | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 7e9b521..5295315 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -287,16 +287,16 @@ help ...`. the current setting and then exit. --html-path:: - Print the path to wherever your git HTML documentation is installed - and exit. + Print the path, without trailing slash, where git's HTML + documentation is installed and exit. --man-path:: - Print the path to wherever your git man pages are installed - and exit. + Print the manpath (see `man(1)`) for the man pages for + this version of git and exit. --info-path:: - Print the path to wherever your git Info files are installed - and exit. + Print the path where the Info files documenting this + version of git are installed and exit. -p:: --paginate:: -- 1.7.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html