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authorLars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>2012-03-18 21:01:28 +0000
committerLars Hjemli <hjemli@gmail.com>2012-03-18 21:01:28 +0000
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@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@ mimetype.<ext>::
 	Set the mimetype for the specified filename extension. This is used
 	by the `plain` command when returning blob content.
 
+mimetype-file::
+	Specifies the file to use for automatic mimetype lookup. If specified
+	then this field is used as a fallback when no "mimetype.<ext>" match is
+	found. If unspecified then no such lookup is performed. The typical file
+	to use on a Linux system is /etc/mime.types. Default value: none. See
+	also: "mimetype.<ext>".	The format of the file must comply to:
+	- a comment line is an empty line or a line starting with a hash (#),
+	  optionally preceded by whitespace
+	- a non-comment line starts with the mimetype (like image/png), followed
+	  by one or more file extensions (like jpg), all separated by whitespace
+
 module-link::
 	Text which will be used as the formatstring for a hyperlink when a
 	submodule is printed in a directory listing. The arguments for the