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GIT_PAGER=cat git-svn log --> Illegal seek

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CMChris Moore <christopher.ian.moore@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 21, 2007, 23:40 UTC
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I run my git commands inside an Emacs *shell* buffer, so I don't want it running 'less' all the time. I export GIT_PAGER=cat to stop it.

I just tried a "git-svn log" and it failed:

$ GIT_PAGER=cat git-svn log Use of uninitialized value in exec at /usr/bin/git-svn line 3451. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/git-svn line 3451. Can't run pager: Illegal seek ()

I don't get a shell prompt back.  It just hangs.
This is on ubuntu feisty with the ubuntu-backport repositories enabled:

ii git-core 1.5.2.5-2~feisty1 ii git-svn 1.5.2.5-2~feisty1

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  2. git-svn: don't attempt to spawn pager if we don't want oneEric Wong, Sep 22, 2007

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