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Subject: Re: about c8af1de9 (git status uses pager)
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"Vegard Nossum" <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de> wrote:
>>
>> Since git 1.5.6, `git status` always invokes a pager, which is really
>> annoying when the output is less than the number of terminal rows
>> available. Can I turn that off somehow or do I need to send a reverting
>> patch?
>
> I think it would work to set PAGER="less -F" (a.k.a. --quit-if-one-screen)?

Probably better with LESS=FRSX, which is what git uses as a sane default
if nothing is set.