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Re: [PATCH] Document how to tell git to not launch a pager

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 19, 2007, 11:13 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707191211010.14781@racer.site>
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<20070719110224.GA4293@piper.oerlikon.madduck.net>
Hi,
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007, martin f krafft wrote:
> [...] I also wonder why use of a pager is default in git anyway. At 
> least I find it to be contrary to what I am used to on the Unix command 
> line.

It was evidently liked unilaterally amongst the big whigs in the git community. Me too, I like it (which says nothing about my hair style). Often it annoys me tremendously that all the other programs like make, ls, etc. do not have this nice "-p" flag.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Document how to tell git to not launch a pagerSteven Grimm, Jul 19, 2007
  2. martin f krafftJul 19, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 19, 2007
  4. Julian PhillipsJul 19, 2007
  5. David KastrupJul 19, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsJul 19, 2007
  7. Nikolai WeibullJul 19, 2007
  8. Linus TorvaldsJul 19, 2007
  9. Matthieu MoyJul 19, 2007
  10. Thomas GlanzmannJul 19, 2007
  11. martin f krafftJul 19, 2007
  12. Brian GernhardtJul 19, 2007

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