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authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2009-10-30 20:41:27 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2009-11-13 12:20:47 -0800
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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>
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@@ -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'.
+
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