cli: add --no-pager

src/cli_util.rs

@@ -1237,6 +1237,14 @@ pub struct GlobalArgs {
         help_heading = "Global Options"
     )]
     pub color: Option<ColorChoice>,
+    /// Disable the pager
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        value_name = "WHEN",
+        global = true,
+        help_heading = "Global Options"
+    )]
+    pub no_pager: bool,
     /// Additional configuration options
     //  TODO: Introduce a `--config` option with simpler syntax for simple
     //  cases, designed so that `--config ui.color=auto` works
@@ -1411,6 +1419,9 @@ pub fn parse_args(
             .config_toml
             .push(format!("ui.color=\"{}\"", choice.to_string()));
     }
+    if args.global_args.no_pager {
+        ui.set_pagination(crate::ui::PaginationChoice::No);
+    }
     if !args.global_args.config_toml.is_empty() {
         ui.extra_toml_settings(&args.global_args.config_toml)?;
     }

src/ui.rs

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ use crate::formatter::{Formatter, FormatterFactory};
 
 pub struct Ui {
     color: bool,
+    paginate: PaginationChoice,
     progress_indicator: bool,
     cwd: PathBuf,
     formatter_factory: FormatterFactory,
@@ -93,6 +94,18 @@ fn use_color(choice: ColorChoice) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub enum PaginationChoice {
+    No,
+    Auto,
+}
+
+impl Default for PaginationChoice {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        PaginationChoice::Auto
+    }
+}
+
 fn pager_setting(settings: &UserSettings) -> String {
     settings
         .config()
@@ -110,6 +123,7 @@ impl Ui {
             color,
             cwd,
             formatter_factory,
+            paginate: PaginationChoice::Auto,
             progress_indicator,
             output: UiOutput::new_terminal(),
             settings,
@@ -124,8 +138,17 @@ impl Ui {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Sets the pagination value.
+    pub fn set_pagination(&mut self, choice: PaginationChoice) {
+        self.paginate = choice;
+    }
+
     /// Switches the output to use the pager, if allowed.
     pub fn request_pager(&mut self) {
+        if self.paginate == PaginationChoice::No {
+            return;
+        }
+
         match self.output {
             UiOutput::Paged { .. } => {}
             UiOutput::Terminal { .. } => {

tests/test_global_opts.rs

@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ fn test_help() {
           --no-commit-working-copy       Don't commit the working copy
           --at-operation <AT_OPERATION>  Operation to load the repo at [default: @] [aliases: at-op]
           --color <WHEN>                 When to colorize output (always, never, auto)
+          --no-pager                     Disable the pager
           --config-toml <TOML>           Additional configuration options
       -v, --verbose                      Enable verbose logging
     "###);