How can I configure git help to use Firefox?

Question

I was using Git on a Windows box and the git bash always used the web version for help. I really liked this and I am trying to do the same on my mac.

I ran:

Answer 1

I'm not an OS X user, but I suppose that the shell doesn't let you pass a multi-word argument without escaping it.

Edit directly your ~/.gitconfig file and insert the following [web] section:

[web]
    browser = open -a Firefox.app