1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 25e76939e2..99517dd83a 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ static int handle_alias(int *argcp, const char ***argv)
 	alias_string = alias_lookup(alias_command);
 	if (alias_string) {
 		if (alias_string[0] == '!') {
+			commit_pager_choice();
 			if (*argcp > 1) {
 				struct strbuf buf;
 
@@ -432,6 +433,8 @@ static void execv_dashed_external(const char **argv)
 	const char *tmp;
 	int status;
 
+	commit_pager_choice();
+
 	strbuf_addf(&cmd, "git-%s", argv[0]);
 
 	/*