From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Kastrup Subject: Re: Harmful LESS flags Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:06:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87lhuvb9kr.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <4dc69237123e8962b2b2b901692ea78e.id@mailtor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: d9ba@mailtor.net X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 24 07:06:20 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WdBrW-0004ye-4o for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:06:18 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751318AbaDXFGO (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:06:14 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:39391 "EHLO fencepost.gnu.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751168AbaDXFGN (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:06:13 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38434 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WdBrQ-0000lY-TB; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 01:06:13 -0400 Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 81575E04DB; Thu, 24 Apr 2014 07:06:12 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <4dc69237123e8962b2b2b901692ea78e.id@mailtor> (d9ba@mailtor.net's message of "Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:46:02 -0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.50 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: d9ba@mailtor.net writes: > It would be nice if we could change the flags to either > > a) avoid cutting off > b) indicate something has been cut off (<- I prefer this) > > I assume there are more people with a similar workflow who're still > unaware of this feature. > > I would joke about how 3 letter agencies introduced this flag to > backdoor open source projects, but, well.. Most terminals are wider than three letters. Still, it is a total nuisance. I am constantly doing -S RET on my git output. This should be left alone as an entirely personal preference quite unrelated to Git. There is no point in having Git configure a default different from what is used elsewhere. -- David Kastrup