On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:55:41PM +1300, Chris Packham wrote: > > Thanks for the response. I did set this environment variable in my > > .bashrc like so: > > > > export GIT_PAGER=less > > > > However after I do a 'git log' it is just spitting it out all at once > > and not entering the pager. > > > > Um OK that was the obvious thing to try. There is also the config > variable core.pager but GIT_PAGER should take precedence. Presumably we are actually running what's in GIT_PAGER, but we can double-check with: GIT_PAGER='echo custom pager' git log You can also try: GIT_TRACE=1 git log which should describe the pager being run. > Could something be setting the environment variable LESS? Reading the > git-config man page for core.pager git wants to set LESS to FRSX but if > it is already set git takes that as an indication that you don't want to > set LESS automatically. We can also double-check the LESS setting in the executed pager: GIT_PAGER='echo LESS=$LESS' git log If we are running less, and it is using FRSX, I'd suspect some kind of terminal weirdness with less itself. With "-F", less will quit if the whole output can be displayed; it's possible it thinks the screen is bigger than it is. Trying: GIT_PAGER=less LESS=RSX git log might help. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html