{"thread":{"id":"16747","subject":"Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER if there is no diff","startedAt":"2008-12-16T01:16:29Z","lastAt":"2008-12-16T17:38:23Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["jidanni@jidanni.org","Jeff King"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"98022","messageId":"87oczcx6ky.fsf@jidanni.org","threadId":"16747","inReplyTo":"alpine.DEB.1.00.0812160153340.14632@racer","subject":"Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER if there is no diff","fromName":"","fromEmail":"jidanni@jidanni.org","sentAt":"2008-12-16T01:16:29Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-16T01:16:29Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jidanni@jidanni.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/36568d4af4c8d3e71627ef3b8c8d00e39065b12f29676cccd38ced75e68fa2a6?d=mp&s=160"},"body":">>>>> \"JS\" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:\n\nJS> Maybe you are not aware just how annoying these \"this should do that, that\nJS> should do this\" without a patch are?\n\nYes but I must first learn the thing I am about to make a patch for.\n\nIn the mean time I could like most beginners, just feel dumb.\n\nOr I could let you have my valuable insights on how things look to a\nbeginner. You would else have no way of knowing. Sorry I always come\nacross as Don Rickles the pushy customer... it's all a charade... now\nlet's get back to business,\n\n>>>>> \"JK\" == Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:\n\nJK> The usual workaround is to ask the pager to exit immediately if the\nJK> output is small. I.e., putting \"F\" in your LESS variable (which git does\nJK> automatically if you don't already have LESS set).\n\nAh, but who doesn't have LESS set these days? OK, the man page should\nmention that so people will put the F on their LESS variable, like I\nrecall another man page already does.\n"},{"id":"98037","messageId":"20081216040722.GA4551@coredump.intra.peff.net","threadId":"16747","inReplyTo":"87oczcx6ky.fsf@jidanni.org","subject":"Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER if there is no diff","fromName":"Jeff King","fromEmail":"peff@peff.net","sentAt":"2008-12-16T04:07:22Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-16T04:07:22Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"peff@peff.net","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45925?v=4"},"body":"On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 09:16:29AM +0800, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:\n\n> JK> The usual workaround is to ask the pager to exit immediately if the\n> JK> output is small. I.e., putting \"F\" in your LESS variable (which git does\n> JK> automatically if you don't already have LESS set).\n> \n> Ah, but who doesn't have LESS set these days? OK, the man page should\n> mention that so people will put the F on their LESS variable, like I\n> recall another man page already does.\n\nNot unreasonable. Care to make a patch to the documentation?\n\n-Peff\n"},{"id":"98077","messageId":"87iqpkggvk.fsf@jidanni.org","threadId":"16747","inReplyTo":"20081216040722.GA4551@coredump.intra.peff.net","subject":"Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER if there is no diff","fromName":"","fromEmail":"jidanni@jidanni.org","sentAt":"2008-12-16T17:38:23Z","receivedAt":"2008-12-16T17:38:23Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jidanni@jidanni.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/36568d4af4c8d3e71627ef3b8c8d00e39065b12f29676cccd38ced75e68fa2a6?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Oh barf, having LESS=F in one's environment messes up less +G:\nhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508919\n"}]}