1 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index 86facec7b4..92c03f654a 100644
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #include "run-command.h"
 #include "sigchain.h"
 
+#ifndef DEFAULT_PAGER
+#define DEFAULT_PAGER "less"
+#endif
+
 /*
  * This is split up from the rest of git so that we can do
  * something different on Windows.
@@ -44,12 +48,14 @@ static void wait_for_pager_signal(int signo)
 	raise(signo);
 }
 
-void setup_pager(void)
+const char *git_pager(void)
 {
-	const char *pager = getenv("GIT_PAGER");
+	const char *pager;
 
 	if (!isatty(1))
-		return;
+		return NULL;
+
+	pager = getenv("GIT_PAGER");
 	if (!pager) {
 		if (!pager_program)
 			git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
@@ -58,8 +64,18 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 	if (!pager)
 		pager = getenv("PAGER");
 	if (!pager)
-		pager = "less";
+		pager = DEFAULT_PAGER;
 	else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
+		pager = NULL;
+
+	return pager;
+}
+
+void setup_pager(void)
+{
+	const char *pager = git_pager();
+
+	if (!pager)
 		return;
 
 	spawned_pager = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */