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| author |  Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2010-02-14 06:02:35 -0600 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-02-14 18:23:17 -0800 |
| commit | 06300d9753349a83212360445d241d70a46375fa (patch) | |
| tree | 025c3b1067ba264a1c296c55b5562aca3851d6ae /Documentation | |
| parent | Make 'git var GIT_PAGER' always print the configured pager (diff) | |
| download | tgif-06300d9753349a83212360445d241d70a46375fa.tar.xz | |
git.1: Clarify the behavior of the --paginate option
The --paginate option is meant to negate the effect of an explicit or
implicit pager.<cmd> = false setting. Thus it turns the pager on if
output is going to a terminal rather than unconditionally.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git.txt b/Documentation/git.txt index 01c463101b..f26641a5f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git.txt +++ b/Documentation/git.txt @@ -229,7 +229,10 @@ help ...`. -p:: --paginate:: - Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER). + Pipe all output into 'less' (or if set, $PAGER) if standard + output is a terminal. This overrides the `pager.<cmd>` + configuration options (see the "Configuration Mechanism" section + below). --no-pager:: Do not pipe git output into a pager. @@ -401,7 +404,8 @@ people. Here is an example: ------------ Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust -their operation accordingly. +their operation accordingly. See linkgit:git-config[1] for a +list. Identifier Terminology |