Re: [PATCH] doc: add more examples of overriding LESS in core.pager

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Oct 5, 2026, 23:59 UTC
Message-ID: <asQ56mv3VbiYmtwk@fruit.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <20261002234203.4064847-1-tmz@pobox.com>

On 2026-10-02 at 23:41:52, Todd Zullinger wrote:

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> +Another way to deactivate an option is prefixing `core.pager` with
> +`LESS="RX"` to remove `-F` or `LESS=""` to override all options.
> +This is useful if the `core.pager` command eventually runs `less` or
> +a command which respects the `LESS` environment variable but lacks
> +command line options to override `LESS` options.
> ++
> +One can specifically activate some flags for particular commands: for
> +example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables line truncation
> +only for `git blame`.

Sure, this seems like an improvement. I'm not very particular on the wording, but it's good that folks have the information that they need.

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brian m. carlson (they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA