Git Help Configuration Variables

the 'info' format. The 'info' program will be used for that purpose. -m:: --man:: Display manual page for the command in the 'man' format. This option may be used to override a value set in the `help.format` configuration variable. + By default the 'man' program will be used to display the manual page, but the `man.viewer` configuration variable may be used to choose other display programs (see below). -w:: --web:: Display manual page for the command in the 'web' (HTML) format. A web browser will be used for that purpose. + The web browser can be specified using the configuration variable `help.browser`, or `web.browser` if the former is not set. If neither of these config variables is set, the 'git web{litdd}browse' helper script (called by 'git help') will pick a suitable default. See linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1] for more information about this. CONFIGURATION VARIABLES ----------------------- help.format ~~~~~~~~~~~ If no command-line option is passed, the `help.format` configuration 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'. help.browser, web.browser, and browser.<tool>.path ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The `help.browser`, `web.browser` and `browser.<tool>.path` will also be checked if the 'web' format is chosen (either by command-line option or configuration variable). See '-w|--web' in the OPTIONS section above and linkgit:git-web{litdd}browse[1]. man.viewer ~~~~~~~~~~ The `man.viewer` configuration variable will be checked if the 'man' format is chosen. The following values are currently supported: * "man": use the 'man' program as usual, * "woman": use 'emacsclient' to launch the "woman" mode in emacs (this only works starting with emacsclient versions 22), * "konqueror": use 'kfmclient' to open the man page in a new konqueror tab (see 'Note about konqueror' below). Values for other tools can be used if there is a corresponding `man.<tool>.cmd` configuration entry (see below). Multiple values may be given to the `man.viewer` configuration variable. Their corresponding programs will be tried in the order listed in the configuration file. For example, this configuration:

The git help command uses various configuration variables to customize its behavior, including help.format, help.browser, man.viewer, and others, which control the display format, web browser, and manual page viewer used to display help information.