Re: [PATCH] doc: add more examples of overriding LESS in core.pager
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From: brian m. carlson <hidden>
Date: 2026-10-05 23:59:41
On 2026-10-02 at 23:41:52, Todd Zullinger wrote:
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+Another way to deactivate an option is prefixing `core.pager` with +`LESS="RX"` to remove `-F` or `LESS=""` to override all options. +This is useful if the `core.pager` command eventually runs `less` or +a command which respects the `LESS` environment variable but lacks +command line options to override `LESS` options. ++ +One can specifically activate some flags for particular commands: for +example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables line truncation +only for `git blame`.
Sure, this seems like an improvement. I'm not very particular on the wording, but it's good that folks have the information that they need. -- brian m. carlson (they/them) Toronto, Ontario, CA
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