Re: .gitconfig: -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' status

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mar 21, 2023, 18:42 UTC
Message-ID: <20230321184210.GM3119834@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <92e2b9d2-e259-6bba-7080-28a01c0d323c@gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 03:24:53PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> I wrote recently some aliases to not clutter my screen when I want to
> check something quick:
> 
> $ head -n4 ~/.gitconfig 
> [alias]
> 	df = -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' diff
> 	sw = -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' show
> 	st = -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' status
> 
> Now, `git df` and `git sw` work as expected: they open a less window,
> and it's later closed with `q`, with no traces in my screen except for
> the command itself.  
> 
> However, `git st` doesn't seem to work.  It prints everything to screen,
> and then exits.

git-status doesn't invoke the pager by default:

  $ git -c core.pager='echo foo' log
  foo

  $ git -c core.pager='echo foo' status
  On branch [...etc]

You can configure it to do so:

  git config --global pager.status true

Or if you just want it to happen in your alias, try:

  [alias]
      st = -p -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' status

-Peff