# [PATCH] Documentation: improve the example of overriding LESS via core.pager 2 messages from 2012-10-28 to 2012-10-29. Participants: Patrick Palka, Jeff King. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/31963 ## Patrick Palka, 2012-10-28 20:12 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: improve the example of overriding LESS via core.pager Message-ID: <1351455166-2579-1-git-send-email-patrick@parcs.ath.cx> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1351455166-2579-1-git-send-email-patrick%40parcs.ath.cx ``` You can override an option set in the LESS variable by simply prefixing the command line option with `-+`. This is more robust than the previous example if the default LESS options are to ever change. Signed-off-by: Patrick Palka --- Documentation/config.txt | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 11f320b..9a0544c 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -538,14 +538,14 @@ core.pager:: `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately, these settings can be overridden on a project or global basis by setting the `core.pager` option. - Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS` + Setting `core.pager` has no effect on the `LESS` environment variable behaviour above, so if you want to override git's default settings this way, you need to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` - to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the - shell by git, which will translate the final command to - `LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`. + to `less -+S`. This will be passed to the shell by + git, which will translate the final command to + `LESS=FRSX less -+S`. core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to -- 1.7.10.4 ``` ## Jeff King, 2012-10-29 06:26 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: improve the example of overriding LESS via core.pager Message-ID: <20121029062657.GB5102@sigill.intra.peff.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20121029062657.GB5102%40sigill.intra.peff.net In-Reply-To: <1351455166-2579-1-git-send-email-patrick@parcs.ath.cx> ``` On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 04:12:46PM -0400, Patrick Palka wrote: > You can override an option set in the LESS variable by simply prefixing > the command line option with `-+`. This is more robust than the previous > example if the default LESS options are to ever change. Yeah, the current description is quite tortured and complex. I wondered if there might be some reason, but I think it is simply that fee7545 was over-zealous in adopting the original text. Yours is much more sensible. Thanks. -Peff ```