git-help--browse: improve browser support under OS X

/usr/bin/open <document> is used under OS X to open a document as if the
user had double-clicked on the file's icon (i.e. HTML files are opened
w/the user's default browser).

Signed-off-by: Jay Soffian <redacted>
Acked-by: Christian Couder <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <redacted>

diff --git a/git-help--browse.sh b/git-help--browse.sh
index 10b0a36a3d2728d092f9943ace860205d340f220..84e37ef279b11a1461854a7cf37dc962d43e7050 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-help--browse.sh
+++ b/git-help--browse.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ test -f "$html_dir/git.html" || die "No documentation directory found."
 
 valid_tool() {
        case "$1" in
-               firefox | iceweasel | konqueror | w3m | links | lynx | dillo)
+               firefox | iceweasel | konqueror | w3m | links | lynx | dillo | open)
                        ;; # happy
                *)
                        return 1
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ if test -z "$browser" ; then
     else
        browser_candidates="w3m links lynx"
     fi
+    # SECURITYSESSIONID indicates an OS X GUI login session
+    if test -n "$SECURITYSESSIONID"; then
+       browser_candidates="open $browser_candidates"
+    fi
 
     for i in $browser_candidates; do
        init_browser_path $i
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ case "$browser" in
                ;;
        esac
        ;;
-    w3m|links|lynx)
+    w3m|links|lynx|open)
        eval "$browser_path" $pages
        ;;
     dillo)