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Re: git status in clean working dir

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 24, 2008, 16:54 UTC
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<20080724165455.GD20816@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 11:56:48PM -0700, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote:
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>> (2) Then why are we even allowing to configure the plumbing to page?
>
> I don't have an opinion on the the appropriateness of paging various  
> commands, but to solve the problem of scripts getting tripped up by the 
> paging, couldn't the plumping check if STDOUT is a tty and only do the 
> paging if so?
>
> (In Perl "page_output(...) if $pager_configured and -t STDOUT")

We already do this, so "git status >/dev/null" produces the correct exit code. But scripts don't necessarily redirect stdout.

-Peff
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  2. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  3. Abhijit Menon-SenJul 22, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  6. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  7. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 22, 2008
  9. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  10. Mike HommeyJul 22, 2008
  11. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  12. Mike HommeyJul 22, 2008
  13. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  14. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  15. 1/2 run-command: add pre-exec callbackJeff King, Jul 22, 2008
  16. 2/2 spawn pager via run_command interfaceJeff King, Jul 22, 2008
  17. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  18. Pierre HabouzitJul 22, 2008
  19. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  20. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  21. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  22. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  23. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2008
  24. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  25. David BremnerJul 22, 2008
  26. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  27. Jeff KingJul 22, 2008
  28. Johannes SixtJul 22, 2008
  29. Ask Bjørn HansenJul 24, 2008
  30. Jeff KingJul 24, 2008

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