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Re: about c8af1de9 (git status uses pager)

From
Johannes Gilger <heipei@hackvalue.de>
Date
Jun 21, 2008, 21:42 UTC
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On 21/06/08 23:21, Jan Engelhardt 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?
>

Wow, I just noticed it myself. Why was that changed? I don't know about your status lines, but I for one find it really annoying. Anything that's in a pager isn't visible in my console afterwards. What's next? git branch in a pager too?

Regards, Jojo

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  1. Jan EngelhardtJun 21, 2008
  2. Vegard NossumJun 21, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 21, 2008
  4. Jan EngelhardtJun 21, 2008
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  16. Johannes GilgerJun 21, 2008
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