From: stefan.naewe@atlas-elektronik.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 15:41:23 GMT
Subject: Re: Strange bug with "git log" - pdftotext?
Message-ID: <7fbab4fc-a0a3-0aca-2974-24ac1ed5197e@atlas-elektronik.com>
In-Reply-To: <5B5F096A.7030404@game-point.net>

Am 30.07.2018 um 14:49 schrieb Jeremy Morton:
> I'm trying to search my git log history for a particular term - "unobtrusive" - so I run this command:
> 
> git log -S unobtrusive --oneline
> 
> When I do this, this is displayed and I'm in an interactive less terminal or something:
> 
> pdftotext version 4.00
> Copyright 1996-2017 Glyph & Cog, LLC
> Usage: pdftotext [options] <PDF-file> [<text-file>]
>  -f <int>             : first page to convert
>  -l <int>             : last page to convert
>  -layout              : maintain original physical layout
>  -simple              : simple one-column page layout
>  -table               : similar to -layout, but optimized for tables
>  -lineprinter         : use strict fixed-pitch/height layout
>  -raw                 : keep strings in content stream order
>  -fixed <number>      : assume fixed-pitch (or tabular) text
>  -linespacing <number>: fixed line spacing for LinePrinter mode
>  -clip                : separate clipped text
>  -nodiag              : discard diagonal text
>  -enc <string>        : output text encoding name
>  -eol <string>        : output end-of-line convention (unix, dos, or mac)
>  -nopgbrk             : don't insert page breaks between pages
>  -bom                 : insert a Unicode BOM at the start of the text file
>  -opw <string>        : owner password (for encrypted files)
>  -upw <string>        : user password (for encrypted files)
>  -q                   : don't print any messages or errors
>  -cfg <string>        : configuration file to use in place of .xpdfrc
>  -v                   : print copyright and version info
> :
> 
> When I hit the down arrow, it scrolls down, repeating this output infinitely until I hit 'q'.  What is going on here??
> 

Wild guess: You're using "Git for Windows" on a version less than "2.18.0.windows.1" ?

Try upgrading (at least) to that version. IIRC that's one of the issues it fixes.

HTH
Stefan
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