Re: "git branch" issue in 2.16.1

> On 06 Feb 2018, at 21:05, Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Hi Jason,
>> 
>> Jason Racey wrote:
>>> After upgrading git from 2.16.0 to 2.16.1 (via Homebrew -
>>> I’m on macOS) I noticed that the “git branch” command
>>> appears to display the branch listing in something similar
>>> to a vi editor - though not quite the same. I don’t know
>>> the technical term for this state. You can’t actually edit
>>> the output of the command, but you’re in a state where you
>>> have to type “q” to exit and then the list disappears.
>>> It’s very inconvenient and it doesn’t seem like it was by
>>> design. I’m using zsh in iTerm2 if that helps. Thanks.
>> 
>> In 2.16.0 `git branch --list` is sent to a pager by default.
>> (Without arguments, --list is the default, so this applies
>> to `git branch`).
>> 
>> You can set pager.branch to false to disable this in the
>> config, or use git --no-pager branch to do so for a single
>> invocation.
>> 
>> I can't say why you're seeing this with 2.16.1 and not
>> 2.16.0, but I'm not familiar with homebrew, so perhaps
>> something didn't work as intended in 2.16.0.
>> 
> 
> Maybe the number of branches changed since then?
> As the pager only comes to life when the output fills
> more than your screen. Quick workarounds:
> * buy a bigger screen
> * have fewer branches.