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Re: prune/prune-packed

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A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 23, 2006, 01:26 UTC
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J. Bruce Fields wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>> I am considering the following to address irritation some people
>> (including me, actually) are experiencing with this change when
>> viewing a small (or no) diff.  Any objections?
> 
> So for me, if I run
> 
> 	less -FRS file
> 
> where "file" is less than a page, I see nothing happen whatsoever.
> 
> At a guess, maybe it's clearing the screen, displaying the file, the
> restoring, all before I see anything happen?
Junio,

How about reverting this change? From the reports here, is causing problems on a number of different distributions.

These settings are probably something that is better set by the user in an environment variable. Or, make the default something that does work everywhere and have a config item for those that wish to customize their UI.

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  2. Peter EriksenOct 20, 2006
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 20, 2006
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  6. Linus TorvaldsOct 21, 2006
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  8. Anders LarsenOct 22, 2006
  9. Al ViroOct 21, 2006
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  12. Rene ScharfeOct 21, 2006
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  15. A Large Angry SCMOct 23, 2006
  16. J. Bruce FieldsOct 23, 2006
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