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Re: odd behavior with export LESS=i

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ERE R <pc88mxer@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 14, 2009, 17:28 UTC
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Ok - I've just read the git-config man page (the section on core.pager) which explains everything..

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:18 PM, E R<pc88mxer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Is this a problem with less or with git?
>
> From the shell if I run:
>
> export LESS
> LESS=i git log
>
> then I see things like ESC[33m instead of colored text.
>
> If I run:
>
> unset LESS
> git log
>
> then I get colored text.
>
> Note that the environment variable LESS is used to pass default
> command line switches to less.
>
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