From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:06:32 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] pager: use an environment variable for pager_in_use Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20070216185653.GA10308@moooo.ath.cx> Hi, On Fri, 16 Feb 2007, Matthias Lederhofer wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > +int pager_in_use = getenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE"); > test.c:3: error: initializer element is not constant Sorry. Still, it feels wrong to use two system calls when you need none. How about working on making status and commit a builtin instead? This would not only solve your issue, but portability issues as well. Ciao, Dscho