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From: "Martin Langhoff" <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] "git --less cmd" to page anywhere
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:29:54 +1200
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On 6/7/06, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
> For "git diff", pagination by default is definitely not the right thing to
> do, but it's something you often end up wanting.

Why is it not a good default? Unless I expect it to be shorter than
the terminal, I always tack "| less" after it. Except when I tack ">
foo.patch" and then the auto-pager knows what to do anyway.

cheers,



martin