Re: Cygwin + git log = no pager!

> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:55:41PM +1300, Chris Packham wrote:
>
>> > Thanks for the response. I did set this environment variable in my
>> > .bashrc like so:
>> >
>> > export GIT_PAGER=less
>> >
>> > However after I do a 'git log' it is just spitting it out all at once
>> > and not entering the pager.
>> >
>>
>> Um OK that was the obvious thing to try. There is also the config
>> variable core.pager but GIT_PAGER should take precedence.
>
> Presumably we are actually running what's in GIT_PAGER, but we can
> double-check with:
>
>   GIT_PAGER='echo custom pager' git log
>
> You can also try:
>
>   GIT_TRACE=1 git log
>
> which should describe the pager being run.
>
>> Could something be setting the environment variable LESS? Reading the
>> git-config man page for core.pager git wants to set LESS to FRSX but if
>> it is already set git takes that as an indication that you don't want to
>> set LESS automatically.
>
> We can also double-check the LESS setting in the executed pager:
>
>   GIT_PAGER='echo LESS=$LESS' git log
>
> If we are running less, and it is using FRSX, I'd suspect some kind of
> terminal weirdness with less itself. With "-F", less will quit if the
> whole output can be displayed; it's possible it thinks the screen is
> bigger than it is.
>
> Trying:
>
>   GIT_PAGER=less LESS=RSX git log
>
> might help.
>
> -Peff