Subject: Re: [RFC] sending errors to stdout under $PAGER

From: Junio C Hamano <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:23:25 -0800

Jeff King <[email-masked]> writes:

> On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 09:56:27AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> > Wouldn't it be better/safer to redirect stderr to the pager
>> > in the first place?
>> >
>> > So, instead of the current
>> >
>> > 	foo | less
>> > use
>> > 	foo 2>&1 | less
>> 
>> I like it.  Much nicer.  Thanks.
>
> This will also put the stderr of any sub-programs into the pager, which
> is probably worse if you have, e.g., a chatty external diff program. I
> don't know if we care enough about that.

We'll soon find out and the change would be a single liner that
is very easy to back out, so let's put it in and see what
happens ;-).