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

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Aug 31, 2012, 17:54 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> In other words, Porcelain (roughly speaking, those that page by
> default when their standard output is terminal), are not "command
> line applications"; they have a layer on top with a built-in UI.

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.

                                -Dave
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  5. Andreas SchwabAug 31, 2012
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