Re: "git branch" issue in 2.16.1

From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Feb 6, 2018, 20:05 UTC
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kaxf3qUyOe6R-LCgyLtwzrwhB=y767tk2qPbC_KR473ig@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180206195754.GE1427@zaya.teonanacatl.net>

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> wrote:

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> 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.

:-)

Stefan