Re: [PATCH] log: if --decorate is not given, default to --decorate=auto

> Alex Henrie <alexhenrie24@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Yes, that makes sense. I assume that when you talk about 'next', you
>> mean 'master'?
>
> No, I do mean 'next'.  See "A note from the maintainer" post that
> are sent to the list every once in a while (i.e. after a new release
> is tagged) for the project structure.
>
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>> If we want to use `git -p log` in a test, we'll have to change the
>> behavior of pager_in_use(). Alternatively, we could use
>> `GIT_PAGER_IN_USE=1 git log` instead.
>
> Testing "git -p" is not the goal; testing that decorate defaults to
> auto during an interactive session is.  We could run tests under pty
> like t7006 does using lib-terminal.sh if we really want to emulate
> an interactive session.
>
> Exporting GIT_PAGER_IN_USE may be sufficient for the purpose of
> convincing the command to be in an interactive session for this
> test, even though it feels a bit too brittle to depend on the
> internal implementation detail.