From: <dag@cray.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Emmanuel Michon <emmanuel_michon@sigmadesigns.com>,
<git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:54:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <nngligvdk0q.fsf@transit.us.cray.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vd329wpt0.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:50:19 -0700")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> In other words, Porcelain (roughly speaking, those that page by
> default when their standard output is terminal), are not "command
> line applications"; they have a layer on top with a built-in UI.
Is "status" considered a plumbing layer command? Because I have often
wondered why it does not use the pager by default. I pipe it through
less all the time and it's kind of annoying that it works differently
than everything else.
-Dave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-08-31 17:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-08-29 16:02 (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default Emmanuel Michon
2012-08-29 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-29 17:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-08-31 17:54 ` dag [this message]
2012-08-31 18:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2012-08-31 21:43 ` Jeff King
2012-08-31 23:03 ` dag
2012-08-31 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
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