gitaction(1)

NAME
       gitaction  -  GNU Interactive Tools - per file type action
       script

SYNTAX
       gitaction directory, file
       .gitaction directory, file

DESCRIPTION
       gitaction is a script that executes a different action for
       each  file type specified. It is called by the git program
       when pressing F2 or ^Xa (see the .gitrc.TERM configuration
       files  in the git manual). The first parameter is the cur-
       rent directory name and the second one is the file name to
       be  matched  against the default patterns. The matching is
       done using the shell 'case' statement If you press  F2  or
       ^Xa on a *.c file, git will compile it, if you press F2 or
       ^Xa on a *.tar.gz file, git will list the tar archive con-
       tents, if you press the same keys on a *.gz file, git will
       display its uncompressed contents on the screen,  etc  ...
       By default gitaction checks for the following patterns:

       "*.cc"  "*.c"  "*.l"  "*.y"  "*.h" "*.s" "*.S" "*.o" "*.a"
       "*.sa" "Makefile" "makefile" "*.tar.gz" "*.tgz"  "*.tar.z"
       "*.tar.Z"  "*.taz"  "*.tar"  "*.gz"  "*.z"  "*.Z"  "*.zip"
       "*.arj" "*.rar" "*.doc" "*.txt"  "*.lsm"  "*.gif"  "*.jpg"
       "*.jpeg"  "*.tif"  "*.bmp" "*.mpg" "*.mod" "*.s3m" "*.voc"
       "*.wav"  "*.ps"  "*.dvi"  "*.tex"  compressed/uncompressed
       manual pages

       and  acts  as  appropriate.  If  no  pattern is found, the
       file is displayed using more. Feel free to change this. If
       you want to find out what the default action for each file
       type is (or if you want to modify  it),  just  read/modify
       the gitaction script.

       If  you  press F2 or ^Xa on a *.gif file or *.jpg file and
       you have the zgv utility installed, you will  be  able  to
       see it. If you want to change the gif/jpeg viewer, all you
       need to do is to change its name in the gitaction  script.
       I don't know a *.bmp or *.tif viewer. Feel free to add one
       in the gitaction script.

       The script can be easy enhanced. Just read it.

       The .gitaction script is a local version of the  gitaction
       script.  When  started, gitaction tries to search a script
       called .gitaction in the  current  directory  and,  if  it
       finds  it,  it starts it. If .gitaction's exit code is 0 (
       .gitaction couldn't find a  matching  pattern),  gitaction
       starts  its own case statement trying to match the current
       file name (the second parameter) against its default  pat-
       terns.

       The  .gitaction script *must* be executable. An example of
       .gitaction can be fount  in  /usr/local/lib.   You  should
       copy  the example in the current directory and then modify
       it.

BUGS
       These manual page is incomplete.  Only the GIT's info doc-
       umentation is being updated.

       Please send bug reports to:
       Tudor Hulubei <A HREF="MAILTO:lt;tudor@cs.unh.edu">lt;tudor@cs.unh.edu</A>

SEE ALSO
       git(1) gitps(1) gitview(1) gitmount(1) gitkeys(1) gitr- 
       grep(1) gitunpack(1) 

AUTHORS
       Tudor Hulubei <A HREF="MAILTO:lt;tudor@cs.unh.edu">lt;tudor@cs.unh.edu</A>
       Andrei Pitis <A HREF="MAILTO:lt;pink@pub.ro">lt;pink@pub.ro</A>