Re: [RFC] sending errors to stdout under $PAGER

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>> +	FILE *outto = (pager_in_use() ? stdout : stderr);
>> +
>>  	vsnprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), err, params);
>> -	fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n", prefix, msg);
>> +	fprintf(outto, "%s%s\n", prefix, msg);
>>
>> What do people think?  Have I overlooked any downsides?
>
> Wouldn't it be better/safer to redirect stderr to the pager
> in the first place?
>
> So, instead of the current
>
> 	foo | less
> use
> 	foo 2>&1 | less