gitaction is a script that executes a different action for each
file type specified. It is called by the git program when
pressing F2, ESC 2 or ^Xa.
The first parameter is the current 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, ESC 2 or ^Xa on a `*.c' file,
git will compile it, if you press F2, ESC 2 or
^Xa on a `*.tar.gz' file, git will list the tar
archive contents, 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" "*.doc" "*.txt" "*.gif" "*.jpg" "*.tif" "*.bmp" "*.fli" "*.flc" 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, ESC 2 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.
Also, you can add a .gitaction shell script in your home
directory and/or in any other directory. Before trying to match a file
name, gitaction will attempt to execute ./.gitaction. If
that one fails to match the file name against its patterns, it backs up
to $HOME/.gitaction. When this one fails too the patterns in
gitaction are tried. For an example of how to write .gitaction
scripts take a look at the .gitaction shell script provided as
part of the distribution and installed in the `$(prefix)/bin'
directory.
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