1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 0f055bf..52d39b8 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -644,6 +644,18 @@ static void get_html_page_path(struct strbuf *page_path, const char *page)
 	strbuf_addf(page_path, "%s/%s.html", html_path, page);
 }
 
+/*
+ * If open_html is not defined in a platform-specific way (see for
+ * example compat/mingw.h), we use the script web--browse to display
+ * HTML.
+ */
+#ifndef open_html
+void open_html(const char *path)
+{
+	execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", path, NULL);
+}
+#endif
+
 static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
 {
 	const char *page = cmd_to_page(git_cmd);
@@ -651,7 +663,7 @@ static void show_html_page(const char *git_cmd)
 
 	get_html_page_path(&page_path, page);
 
-	execl_git_cmd("web--browse", "-c", "help.browser", page_path.buf, NULL);
+	open_html(page_path.buf);
 }
 
 void help_unknown_cmd(const char *cmd)