From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2006 02:29:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] "git --less cmd" to page anywhere
Message-ID: <46a038f90606061929i68073677i686a3c1934ed64b1@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606061711000.5498@g5.osdl.org>

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