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authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>2010-02-14 06:02:35 -0600
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2010-02-14 18:23:17 -0800
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git.1: Clarify the behavior of the --paginate option
The --paginate option is meant to negate the effect of an explicit or implicit pager.<cmd> = false setting. Thus it turns the pager on if output is going to a terminal rather than unconditionally. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -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.<cmd>`
+ 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.
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