Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] use the pager in 'add -p'

From: Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Date: Jun 2, 2024, 17:46 UTC
Message-ID: <ec2ca25486b84615e30dbeb83ec47310@manjaro.org>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwmn79u98.fsf@gitster.g>

Hello Junio,

On 2024-06-02 18:36, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> A possibility is to phrase it like so:
> 
>     | - pipe the current hunk to the program (or "%s" by default)
> 
> and fill %s with the program you'd use if not given, i.e. initially
> the value of the GIT_PAGER but updated to the last used program
> after the user uses "|<program>" form to specify one.

The value of GIT_PAGER (or the <program>) can be a rather long string, so it would have to be stripped down to the base command, but it would be rather error-prone and the printed information would become much less informative that way.

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