Re: about c8af1de9 (git status uses pager)

From: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 21, 2008, 21:30 UTC
Message-ID: <19f34abd0806211430x3d7195d8idc61b7103f899947@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0806212319410.22036@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> wrote:

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> Since git 1.5.6, `git status` always invokes a pager, which is really
> annoying when the output is less than the number of terminal rows
> available. Can I turn that off somehow or do I need to send a reverting
> patch?

I think it would work to set PAGER="less -F" (a.k.a. --quit-if-one-screen)?

There's also GIT_PAGER variable, core.pager git setting, etc.

Vegard

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