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authorShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2008-09-29 10:52:34 -0700
committerShawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>2008-09-29 10:52:34 -0700
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Merge branch 'maint' into bc/master-diff-hunk-header-fix
* maint: (41 commits) Clarify commit error message for unmerged files Use strchrnul() instead of strchr() plus manual workaround Use remove_path from dir.c instead of own implementation Add remove_path: a function to remove as much as possible of a path git-submodule: Fix "Unable to checkout" for the initial 'update' Clarify how the user can satisfy stash's 'dirty state' check. Remove empty directories in recursive merge Documentation: clarify the details of overriding LESS via core.pager Update release notes for 1.6.0.3 checkout: Do not show local changes when in quiet mode for-each-ref: Fix --format=%(subject) for log message without newlines git-stash.sh: don't default to refs/stash if invalid ref supplied maint: check return of split_cmdline to avoid bad config strings builtin-prune.c: prune temporary packs in <object_dir>/pack directory Do not perform cross-directory renames when creating packs Use dashless git commands in setgitperms.perl git-remote: do not use user input in a printf format string make "git remote" report multiple URLs Start draft release notes for 1.6.0.3 git-repack uses --no-repack-object, not --no-repack-delta. ... Conflicts: RelNotes
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@@ -363,8 +363,17 @@ core.pager::
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 or by giving the
- `core.pager` option a value such as "`less -+FRSX`".
+ `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`".
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to