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[PATCH] Document how to tell git to not launch a pager

From
Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Date
Jul 19, 2007, 10:43 UTC
Message-ID
<20070719104351.GA17182@midwinter.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
---
 Documentation/git.txt |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt
index 3fbfd45..4c4d174 100644
--- a/Documentation/git.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git.txt
@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ other
 	See gitlink:git-merge[1]
 
 'GIT_PAGER'::
-	This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`.
+	This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`. If it is set
+	to an empty string or to the value "cat", git will not launch
+	a pager.
 
 'GIT_FLUSH'::
 	If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such
-- 
1.5.3.rc2.4.g726f9
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