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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Fix for default pager

From
Ben Walton <bwalton@artsci.utoronto.ca>
Date
Jun 8, 2010, 00:04 UTC
Message-ID
<1275955270-sup-2380@pinkfloyd.chass.utoronto.ca>
In-Reply-To
<1275955088-32750-1-git-send-email-soft.d4rio@gmail.com>
Excerpts from Dario Rodriguez's message of Mon Jun 07 19:58:08 -0400 2010:
> Default pager was 'less' even when some systems such AIX and other
> basic or old systems do NOT have 'less' installed. In such case, git
> just does not display anything in pager-enabled functionalities such
> as 'git log' or 'git show', exiting with status 0.

Why not set a sensible DEFAULT_PAGER value for the system in your config.mak file instead?

Just curious.

Thanks -Ben

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Ben Walton
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