[PATCH] Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager
- From
- Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net>
- Date
- Sep 24, 2008, 23:21 UTC
- Message-ID
- <20080924232128.GA29929@foursquare.net>
- In-Reply-To
- <20080918232207.GA31193@foursquare.net>
The process of overriding the default LESS options using only git-specific methods is rather obscure. Show the end user how to do it in a step-by-step manner.
Signed-off-by: Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net> ---
No comments on this patch last week, so sending again, to be applied.
Thanks, - Chris
Documentation/config.txt | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 922ac7b..9493621 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -363,8 +363,17 @@ core.pager:: variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the pager. One can change these settings by setting the - `LESS` variable to some other value or by giving the - `core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`". + `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately, + these settings can be overridden on a project or + global basis by setting the `core.pager` option. + Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS` + environment variable behaviour above, so if you want + to override git's default settings this way, you need + to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option + in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` + to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the + shell by git, which will translate the final command to + "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`". core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to
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