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Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Aug 31, 2012, 18:09 UTC
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<nngligvdk0q.fsf@transit.us.cray.com>
<dag@cray.com> writes:
> Is "status" considered a plumbing layer command?  Because I have often
> wondered why it does not use the pager by default.  I pipe it through
> less all the time and it's kind of annoying that it works differently
> than everything else.
I would be pretty annoyed if git status would page by default.
Andreas.
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