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

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 17, 2008, 18:23 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 09:56:27AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> > 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
>> 
>> I like it.  Much nicer.  Thanks.
>
> This will also put the stderr of any sub-programs into the pager, which
> is probably worse if you have, e.g., a chatty external diff program. I
> don't know if we care enough about that.

We'll soon find out and the change would be a single liner that is very easy to back out, so let's put it in and see what happens ;-).

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  1. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceFeb 17, 2008
  3. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2008
  4. Edgar ToernigFeb 17, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2008
  7. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008

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