From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org, David Kastrup <dak@gnu•org>,
d9ba@mailtor•net, jrnieder@gmail•com, peff@peff•net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] pager: remove 'S' from $LESS by default
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 17:49:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqy4ymlsvy.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbnvihlny.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 30 Apr 2014 08:38:57 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> writes:
> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag•fr> writes:
>
>> By default, Git used to set $LESS to -FRSX if $LESS was not set by the
>> user. The FRX flags actually make sense for Git (F and X because Git
>> sometimes pipes short output to less, and R because Git pipes colored
>> output). The S flag (chop long lines), on the other hand, is not related
>> to Git and is a matter of user preference. Git should not decide for the
>> user to change LESS's default.
>
> Git always pipes its output to less,
Err, no, not all commands use a pager.
> I am inclined to suggest queuing it for the first batch after 2.0
> instead of directly applying to 'master', as we have past the point
> we can expect to see reports of unexpected fallouts and fix the
> issues in time for the final.
Fine with me.
--
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-30 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-23 23:46 Harmful LESS flags d9ba
2014-04-24 0:11 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-04-28 21:38 ` Mark Nudelman
2014-04-24 5:06 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 19:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-24 19:21 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 19:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-24 19:50 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 21:35 ` Jeff King
2014-04-24 21:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-24 22:02 ` Jeff King
2014-04-24 21:48 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 22:13 ` Jeff King
2014-04-24 22:44 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-24 23:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-04-25 6:56 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-04-25 15:11 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-04-25 15:32 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-25 15:47 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-04-28 8:34 ` [PATCH] PAGER_ENV: remove 'S' from $LESS by default Matthieu Moy
2014-04-28 8:43 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-28 8:59 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-04-28 9:14 ` David Kastrup
2014-04-28 12:22 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-04-28 16:24 ` Jeff King
2014-04-28 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-29 12:29 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-04-29 17:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-30 7:35 ` [PATCH v2] pager: " Matthieu Moy
2014-04-30 15:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-04-30 15:49 ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2014-04-30 17:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-05 18:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2014-05-05 20:10 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-05-06 17:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-06 18:00 ` David Kastrup
2014-05-06 18:49 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-05-06 21:55 ` Jeff King
2014-05-07 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2014-05-07 17:54 ` Matthieu Moy
2014-05-07 20:42 ` Junio C Hamano
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