These configuration variables can be used when you want to
use a web browser if DISPLAY is set and "man" or "info"
otherwise.
Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-help.txt | 15 +++++++++++----
help.c | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-help.txt b/Documentation/git-help.txt
index af5e5cb..c790584 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-help.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-help.txt
@@ -24,10 +24,17 @@ up. The 'man' program is used by default for this purpose, but this
can be overriden by other options.
If no command line option is passed, the 'help.format' configuration
-variable will be checked. Supported values for this variable are
-"man", "info" and "web" (or "html" as a synonym to the latter). This
-makes git-help behave as if a command line option with the same long
-name as been passed to it.
+variable will be checked. The following values are supported for this
+variable; they make 'git-help' behave as their corresponding command
+line option:
+
+* "man" corresponds to '-m|--man',
+* "info" corresponds to '-i|--info',
+* "web" or "html" correspond to '-w|--web',
+* "web_or_man" corresponds to '-w|--web' if DISPLAY is set, '-m|--man'
+otherwise,
+* "web_or_info" corresponds to '-w|--web' if DISPLAY is set, '-i|--info'
+otherwise.
Note that 'git --help ...' is identical as 'git help ...' because the
former is internally converted into the latter.
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index af0a433..d46bc08 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ static void parse_help_format(const char *format)
help_format = web_format;
return;
}
+ if (!strcmp(format, "web_or_man")) {
+ char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
+ help_format = display ? web_format : man_format;
+ return;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(format, "web_or_info")) {
+ char *display = getenv("DISPLAY");
+ help_format = display ? web_format : info_format;
+ return;
+ }
die("unrecognized help format '%s'", format);
}
--
1.5.3.7.2269.g4ae7
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