Re: [PATCH] grep: --full-tree

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Guess what.  I have a similar problem, only it is that my "git status" 
> > output is _always_ too long, so I always have to page it.
> >
> > Once upon a time, Junio applied a patch that implied -p with status.  
> > I was overjoyed.  He reverted that patch later.  Yes, exactly.
> 
> In this particular example, a config variable was added (pager.status = 
> true). But one big difference is that while pager.status = true can be 
> /annoying/ for some users, it can never really harm (since the pager 
> will automatically disable itself in the cases where you'd really don't 
> want it).

> > So I end up doing "git config --global ps '-p status'" on every new 
> > account (I usually even forget to curse!), and I really cannot see why you 
> > do not do the equivalent "git config fullgrep grep --full-tree" in your 
> > repositories (or even the global thing).
> 
> (I guess you meant alias.fullgrep)