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-rw-r--r--Documentation/git.txt4
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@@ -417,7 +417,9 @@ other
See gitlink:git-merge[1]
'GIT_PAGER'::
- This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`.
+ This environment variable overrides `$PAGER`. If it is set
+ to an empty string or to the value "cat", git will not launch
+ a pager.
'GIT_FLUSH'::
If this environment variable is set to "1", then commands such