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| author |  Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net> | 2008-09-24 19:21:28 -0400 |
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| committer |  Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2008-09-26 07:55:30 -0700 |
| commit | fee75457fc45e299c2a962bb9c3949f33f176c02 (patch) | |
| tree | a9cd80795ade07012cb53ccdcafc78b25f55764a /Documentation | |
| parent | Update release notes for 1.6.0.3 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-fee75457fc45e299c2a962bb9c3949f33f176c02.tar.xz | |
Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager
The process of overriding the default LESS options using only
git-specific methods is rather obscure. Show the end user how
to do it in a step-by-step manner.
Signed-off-by: Chris Frey <cdfrey@foursquare.net>
Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 3727239891..87b028fbc1 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -363,8 +363,17 @@ core.pager:: variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the pager. One can change these settings by setting the - `LESS` variable to some other value or by giving the - `core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`". + `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` + 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`". core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to |