From: Thomas Rast Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:30:36 GMT Subject: Re: git rev-list --pretty=format:"" issue Message-ID: <87bo9cxplv.fsf@linux-k42r.v.cablecom.net> In-Reply-To: <7vk3o0erjq.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> Junio C Hamano writes: > Forrest Galloway writes: > >> git 1.8.2.1 on OSX(Mountain Lion) installed with Homebrew >> >> I am seeing an issue when trying to format the output from rev-list command. >> git log --pretty=format:"%H - %an, %ar : %s" When I attempt the above >> string, instead of printing to the shell, LESS is opened and the >> output is displayed there. [...] > > Actually, less is running in both cases. [...] > If you do not want pager, run it with no-pager, like this: > > git --no-pager log ...your other parameters... Also note that the pager is automatically disabled if you redirect stdout, so --no-pager is only required in some fringe cases, notably when attempting to run git under GDB. -- Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch