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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.org>
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Subject: Re: why does git set X in LESS env var?
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Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.org> writes:

> But I still don't get from that why X would be needed?
>
> My less manpage documents it as:
>> -X or --no=E2=80=90init
>>     Disables sending the termcap initialization and deinitialization
>>     strings to the terminal.  This is sometimes desirable if the
>>     deinitialization string does something unnecessary, like clearing
>>     the screen.
>
> Is it to avoid clearing the screen?

I think that was the reason we added it back in 2005.  In any case,
asking "why" is not a useful use of anybody's time, because it is
very unlikely to change in the official version we ship, and because
it is so easy for any individual who does not like it to drop by
exporting the $LESS environment variable.

Thanks.