git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH] pager: use an environment variable for pager_in_use

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 16, 2007, 18:35 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.63.0702161934230.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To
<20070216182231.GA31676@moooo.ath.cx>
Hi,
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Matthias Lederhofer wrote:
> When running a shell script the value of pager_in_use is
> lost for later processes.  Therefore pager_in_use is
> replaced by the environment variable GIT_PAGER_IN_USE.

Am I the only one who finds it ugly to set an environment variable for use in the same program?

> -int pager_in_use;
How about
+int pager_in_use = getenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE");
???

Ciao, Dscho

Previous: Matthias LederhoferNext: Matthias Lederhofer
Message 4 of 7 in “[BUG] git -p status does not use colors”
  1. Matthias LederhoferFeb 16, 2007
  2. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2007
  3. pager: use an environment variable for pager_in_useMatthias Lederhofer, Feb 16, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2007
  5. Matthias LederhoferFeb 16, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2007
  7. Simon 'corecode' SchubertFeb 16, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.