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Re: [PATCH/RFC] "git --less cmd" to page anywhere

From
Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 7, 2006, 02:29 UTC
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<46a038f90606061929i68073677i686a3c1934ed64b1@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/7/06, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> For "git diff", pagination by default is definitely not the right thing to
> do, but it's something you often end up wanting.

Why is it not a good default? Unless I expect it to be shorter than the terminal, I always tack "| less" after it. Except when I tack "> foo.patch" and then the auto-pager knows what to do anyway.

cheers,
martin
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