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Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER, period!

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Dec 22, 2008, 07:55 UTC
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<buo3aggyjmy.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>
Miles Bader schrieb:
> Just (setenv "PAGER" "cat") in .emacs.
> 
> [I actually have it set to /bin/cat, not sure if that's meaningful or not.]

No, really, you should set it to plain "cat": As a special case git recognizes this token and does not run any pager. If you set it to "/bin/cat" it does run a pager, namely /bin/cat.

-- Hannes
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Message 12 of 13 in “git-diff should not fire up $PAGER if there is no diff”
  1. jidanni@jidanni.orgDec 16, 2008
  2. Jeff KingDec 16, 2008
  3. Stefan KarpinskiDec 16, 2008
  4. Jeff KingDec 16, 2008
  5. Stefan KarpinskiDec 16, 2008
  6. git-diff should not fire up $PAGER, period!jidanni@jidanni.org, Dec 17, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2008
  8. Linus TorvaldsDec 17, 2008
  9. Miles BaderDec 22, 2008
  10. Jeff KingDec 18, 2008
  11. Miles BaderDec 22, 2008
  12. Johannes SixtDec 22, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2008

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