git commands empty output

[vguerci]

Hi,

Since yesterday I've noticed that some git commands like git diff, git stash list was not returning anything.
Searched for a while to identify that the 34a5743 commit related to #35 was causing this. (-X removal)

Any ideas?

[sorin-ionescu]

I knew that there was more to -X before committing that. I just could not remember what it was.

So, having that switch breaks scrolling; not having that switch breaks Git and everything else that has similar pager behaviour.

There is another switch -F that tells less to exit if the content fits on one screen. It's annoying to have to manually quit less after an often 2-line Git output.

We either have to add -X or remove -F, neither of which is desirable.

I do not want a less configuration, a man pager configuration, a git pager configuration, etc. because there is no end in sight.

@giddie might just have to search man pages instead of scrolling.

[vguerci]

Maybe that will help, from man git-config:

core.pager
    The command that git will use to paginate output. Can be overridden with the GIT_PAGER
    environment variable. Note that git sets the LESS environment variable to FRSX if it is unset
    when it runs the pager. One can change these settings by setting the LESS variable to some
    other value. Alternately, these settings can be overridden on a project or global basis by
    setting the core.pager option. Setting core.pager has no affect on the LESS environment
    variable behaviour above, so if you want to override git's default settings this way, you need
    to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option in a backward compatible manner, set
    core.pager to less -+$LESS -FRX. This will be passed to the shell by git, which will translate
    the final command to LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX.

[sorin-ionescu]

I know, but it will not set FRSX if LESS is defined.

[vguerci]

I've read that as well, as I've also read that you do not want several pagers configuration.
But if git is the only one having this paging behavior that could be a solution for everyone:

export LESS='-F -g -i -M -R -S -w -z-4'
export GIT_PAGER="less $LESS -X"

Once again, I've read you're against this.
Just my 2 cents, not really 2 separate configurations, one extending the other.

[sorin-ionescu]

svn, mecurial, bazaar, and so many other programs need a pager.

[sorin-ionescu]

Does @giddie not use Git?

[giddie]

Yes, I do. I have the following in my ~/.gitconfig:

[core]
  pager = LESS="RS" less

I remember this being an issue for me at one time, and that's the solution I came up with. I don't remember clearly how I came to this solution, but it looks like this just clobbers any existing LESS options, so git basically has its own paging options. I seem to recall that I had a similar toss-up between the mousewheel working and the pager sometimes getting in the way. Personally, I'd rather have a working mousewheel.

[sorin-ionescu]

You just disabled FX. I would rather not force every Git user in existence to mess with his pager options. This has to be fixed in OMZ.