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Re: [PATCH 1/4] diff-highlight: add `less -r` to cmd in README

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2015, 21:51 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> I agree with Junio that "-R" is a more sensible default, but I don't
> think that should be necessary. We already set LESS when running the
> pager (and if you are overriding it, you are already in trouble, because
> git itself will generate ANSI codes by default).

I do not quite understand this part. Inside git itself when we spawn the pager we export LESS with a sensible default, exactly to help users who do not have LESS set and exported. This one however is not spawned by git but the end-user piping output of diff-hilite.

I agree that if the user has LESS exported without -R that would not be pretty while viewing coloured output.

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Message 6 of 17 in “diff-highlight: make a few improvements”
  1. 0/4 diff-highlight: make a few improvementsJonathan Lebon, Nov 3, 2015
  2. 1/4 diff-highlight: add `less -r` to cmd in READMEJonathan Lebon, Nov 3, 2015
  3. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2015
  4. Jonathan LebonNov 3, 2015
  5. Jeff KingNov 3, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2015
  7. Jeff KingNov 3, 2015
  8. 2/4 diff-highlight: factor out prefix/suffix functionsJonathan Lebon, Nov 3, 2015
  9. Jeff KingNov 3, 2015
  10. 3/4 diff-highlight: match up lines before highlightingJonathan Lebon, Nov 3, 2015
  11. Jeff KingNov 3, 2015
  12. Jeff KingNov 3, 2015
  13. Jonathan LebonNov 17, 2015
  14. Jeff KingNov 17, 2015
  15. 4/4 diff-highlight: add maxhunksize config optionJonathan Lebon, Nov 3, 2015
  16. Jeff KingNov 3, 2015
  17. Jeff KingNov 3, 2015

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