From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:12:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] git-pasky-0.6.2 && heads-up on upcoming changes
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0504201809170.2344@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0504201710500.2344@ppc970.osdl.org>



On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> Pasky,
>  what do you think about this change to "git log"?

Here's a slightly updated version.

It's identical to the previous one, except that it also feeds the result 
through "| ${PAGER:-less}" which makes it a lot more useful, in my 
opinion.

If you redirect the output to a non-tty, both "less" and "more" do the 
right thing and just feed the output straight through. But if the output 
is a tty, this makes "git log" a lot more friendly than a quickly 
scrolling mess..

		Linus

----
gitlog.sh: a496a864f9586e47a4d7bd3ae0af0b3e07b7deb8
--- a/gitlog.sh
+++ b/gitlog.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ rev-tree $base | sort -rn | while read t
 				fi
 				;;
 			"")
-				echo; cat
+				echo; sed 's/^/  /'
 				;;
 			*)
 				echo $key $rest
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ rev-tree $base | sort -rn | while read t
 			esac
 
 		done
-	echo -e "\n--------------------------"
-done
+	echo
+done | ${PAGER:-less}