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 guess you can't override the command for a known browser. What worked is using a browser name that is not firefox:

git config --global web.browser ff
git config --global browser.ff.cmd "open -a Firefox.app"

Answer 2

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