# [PATCH] make git-status use a pager 3 messages from 2008-04-24 to 2008-04-24. Participants: Bart Trojanowski, Johannes Schindelin, Matt Graham. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13237 ## Bart Trojanowski, 2008-04-24 00:57 Subject: [PATCH] make git-status use a pager Message-ID: <1208998668-28770-1-git-send-email-bart@jukie.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1208998668-28770-1-git-send-email-bart%40jukie.net ``` make git status act similar to git log and git diff by presenting long output in a pager. Signed-off-by: Bart Trojanowski --- git.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/git.c b/git.c index c4e4644..89b431f 100644 --- a/git.c +++ b/git.c @@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int argc, const char **argv) { "shortlog", cmd_shortlog, USE_PAGER }, { "show-branch", cmd_show_branch, RUN_SETUP }, { "show", cmd_show, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER }, - { "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE }, + { "status", cmd_status, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE | USE_PAGER }, { "stripspace", cmd_stripspace }, { "symbolic-ref", cmd_symbolic_ref, RUN_SETUP }, { "tag", cmd_tag, RUN_SETUP }, -- 1.5.5.1.80.g0f8afae ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2008-04-24 08:21 Subject: Re: [PATCH] make git-status use a pager Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.1.00.0804240920170.26553%40eeepc-johanness In-Reply-To: <1208998668-28770-1-git-send-email-bart@jukie.net> ``` Hi, On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > make git status act similar to git log and git diff by presenting long > output in a pager. Heh. The first thing I do on new machines is to compile and install Git. The second is "git config --global alias.ps '-p status'" :-) So I obviously like your patch. Ciao, Dscho ``` ## Matt Graham, 2008-04-24 13:12 Subject: Re: [PATCH] make git-status use a pager Message-ID: <1c5969370804240612i1dbd2f6dn842adc605b1bd4df@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1c5969370804240612i1dbd2f6dn842adc605b1bd4df%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:21 AM, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > > make git status act similar to git log and git diff by presenting long > > output in a pager. > > Heh. The first thing I do on new machines is to compile and install Git. > The second is "git config --global alias.ps '-p status'" :-) > > So I obviously like your patch. Yes. This also helps those of use who didn't know you could alias status to always page and were constantly typing git status |less. Thanks! ```