Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> to help people set
>
> PAGER=C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin\less
>
> That is, we first try to run the program without the shell, then retry
> wrapped in sh -c.
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to do the same here, assuming that we don't
> have programs such as "editor -f" in the path?
It is a cute idea that covers 70-80% of the cases, as you also have to
assume that you don't have to specify your own pager on a path with IFS
(e.g. "Program files" in your example) and give your parameter to the
pager at the same time, e.g.
PAGER="C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin\less -FRSX"
Because it has its own LESS environment to set FRSX and you can get away
with:
PAGER="C:\Program Files\cygwin\bin\less"
LESS=FRSX
"less" is not a representative example for this issue. In real life I
suspect that custom programs that we don't ship with git (or you don't
ship with msysgit) would lack such a workaround, (and that is why I didn't
say "98% of the cases").
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