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Re: [PATCH] pager: die when paging to non-existing command

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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Jun 20, 2024, 22:17 UTC
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Am 20.06.24 um 21:04 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> Just in case there is a reason why we should instead silently return
> on MinGW, I'll Cc the author of bfdd9ffd, though.

I don't think there is a reason. IIRC, originally on Windows, failing to start a pager would still let Git operate normally, just without paged output. I might have regarded this as better than to fail the operation.

-- Hannes
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  1. pager: die when paging to non-existing commandRubén Justo, Jun 20, 2024
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  9. Johannes SchindelinJun 24, 2024
  10. Phillip WoodJun 21, 2024
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  13. Rubén JustoJun 21, 2024
  14. pager: die when paging to non-existing commandRubén Justo, Jun 21, 2024
  15. pager: die when paging to non-existing commandRubén Justo, Jun 21, 2024
  16. Johannes SixtJun 22, 2024
  17. pager: die when paging to non-existing commandRubén Justo, Jun 23, 2024

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