From 06300d9753349a83212360445d241d70a46375fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:02:35 -0600 Subject: git.1: Clarify the behavior of the --paginate option The --paginate option is meant to negate the effect of an explicit or implicit pager. = false setting. Thus it turns the pager on if output is going to a terminal rather than unconditionally. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git.txt | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') 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.` + 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 -- cgit v1.2.3