# git-web--browse(1) - man - phpMan

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## NAME
       git-web--browse - Git helper script to launch a web browser

## SYNOPSIS
       _git_ _web--browse_ [<options>] <url|file>...


## DESCRIPTION
       This script tries, as much as possible, to display the URLs and FILEs that are passed as
       arguments, as HTML pages in new tabs on an already opened web browser.

       The following browsers (or commands) are currently supported:

       •   firefox (this is the default under X Window when not using KDE)

       •   iceweasel

       •   seamonkey

       •   iceape

       •   chromium (also supported as chromium-browser)

       •   google-chrome (also supported as chrome)

       •   konqueror (this is the default under KDE, see _Note_ _about_ _konqueror_ below)

       •   opera

       •   w3m (this is the default outside graphical environments)

       •   elinks

       •   links

       •   lynx

       •   dillo

       •   open (this is the default under Mac OS X GUI)

       •   start (this is the default under MinGW)

       •   cygstart (this is the default under Cygwin)

       •   xdg-open

       Custom commands may also be specified.

## OPTIONS
       -b <browser>, --browser=<browser>
           Use the specified browser. It must be in the list of supported browsers.

       -t <browser>, --tool=<browser>
           Same as above.

       -c <conf.var>, --config=<conf.var>
           CONF.VAR is looked up in the Git config files. If it’s set, then its value specifies the
           browser that should be used.

## CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
### CONF.VAR (from -c option) and web.browser
       The web browser can be specified using a configuration variable passed with the -c (or
       --config) command-line option, or the **web.browser** configuration variable if the former is not
       used.

### browser.<tool>.path
       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.

### browser.<tool>.cmd
       When the browser, specified by options or configuration variables, is not among the supported
       ones, then the corresponding **browser.<tool>.cmd** configuration variable will be looked up. If
       this variable exists then _git_ _web--browse_ will treat the specified tool as a custom command
       and will use a shell eval to run the command with the URLs passed as arguments.

## NOTE ABOUT KONQUEROR
       When _konqueror_ is specified by a command-line option or a configuration variable, we launch
       _kfmclient_ to try to open the HTML man page on an already opened konqueror in a new tab if
       possible.

       For consistency, we also try such a trick if _browser.konqueror.path_ is set to something like
       **A**___**PATH**___**TO/konqueror**. That means we will try to launch **A**___**PATH**___**TO/kfmclient** instead.

       If you really want to use _konqueror_, then you can use something like the following:

                   [web]
                           browser = konq

                   [browser "konq"]
                           cmd = A_PATH_TO/konqueror


### Note about git-config --global
       Note that these configuration variables should probably be set using the **--global** flag, for
       example like this:

           $ git config --global web.browser firefox


       as they are probably more user specific than repository specific. See [**git-config**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/git-config/1/markdown) for more
       information about this.

## GIT
       Part of the [**git**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/git/1/markdown) suite



Git 2.34.1                                   02/26/2026                           [GIT-WEB--BROWSE(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GIT-WEB--BROWSE/1/markdown)