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author | Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2008-09-26 19:31:56 +0400 |
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committer | Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> | 2008-09-26 19:31:56 +0400 |
commit | 15dc66abf02fa22a03d709725bcaeeec4b809834 (patch) | |
tree | ec812826aea20a20624ad6de5933941582634652 /Documentation | |
parent | eb53586ba94087d9750c58d29ff494e5c1a95207 (diff) | |
parent | 41f13af558db1018250ade4d99a51f0b76f65bc8 (diff) |
Merge branch 'maint'
* maint:
Remove empty directories in recursive merge
Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager
Conflicts:
builtin-merge-recursive.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index bea867df60..1f805b2eca 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -363,8 +363,17 @@ core.pager:: variable. Note that git sets the `LESS` environment variable to `FRSX` if it is unset when it runs the pager. One can change these settings by setting the - `LESS` variable to some other value or by giving the - `core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`". + `LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately, + these settings can be overridden on a project or + global basis by setting the `core.pager` option. + Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS` + environment variable behaviour above, so if you want + to override git's default settings this way, you need + to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option + in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager` + to "`less -+$LESS -FRX`". This will be passed to the + shell by git, which will translate the final command to + "`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`". core.whitespace:: A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to |