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Re: [PATCH] make git-status use a pager

From
Matt Graham <mdg149@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 24, 2008, 13:12 UTC
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On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:21 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
>  On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Bart Trojanowski wrote:
>
>  > make git status act similar to git log and git diff by presenting long
>  > output in a pager.
>
>  Heh.  The first thing I do on new machines is to compile and install Git.
>  The second is "git config --global alias.ps '-p status'"  :-)
>
>  So I obviously like your patch.

Yes. This also helps those of use who didn't know you could alias status to always page and were constantly typing git status |less. Thanks!

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  1. make git-status use a pagerBart Trojanowski, Apr 24, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinApr 24, 2008
  3. Matt GrahamApr 24, 2008

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