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| author | Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2009-10-31 04:41:27 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2009-11-13 23:20:47 +0300 |
| commit | 6361824589bc2d32989a9a33f985d09a368436a3 (patch) | |
| tree | 31050baa04194fee66e0c05b0e9569c538b41925 /Documentation/git-var.txt | |
| parent | 44fcb4977cbae67f4698306ccfe982420ceebcbf (diff) | |
Teach git var about GIT_PAGER
Expose the command found by setup_pager() for scripts to use.
Scripts can use this to avoid repeating the logic to look for a
proper pager in each command.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/git-var.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-var.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-var.txt b/Documentation/git-var.txt index 89e4b4fa0c..ef6aa81872 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-var.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-var.txt @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ GIT_EDITOR:: environment variable, then `core.editor` configuration, then `$VISUAL`, then `$EDITOR`, and then finally 'vi'. +GIT_PAGER:: + Text viewer for use by git commands (e.g., 'less'). The value + is meant to be interpreted by the shell. The order of preference + is the `$GIT_PAGER` environment variable, then `core.pager` + configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then finally 'less'. + Diagnostics ----------- You don't exist. Go away!:: |