hello list,
as mentioned earlier on IRC, I'm a bit concerned about the default LESS flags
used by git.
The S option causes git to cut off everything to the right
Consider this diff, printed by `git diff`
#!/usr/bin/env python
-print('foo')
+print('bar')
Looks ok to merge and run.
But, after disabling the pager:
#!/usr/bin/env python
-print('foo')
+print('bar') [lots of tabs] ; import os; os.system('aptitude install
subversion')
Oh no!
My workflow is to clone a project, read the whole source and review all diffs
after fetching them. After that is done I merge origin into my local
branch and
run the code on my system.
I've panic'd a bit after I've noticed the chopping.
It would be nice if we could change the flags to either
a) avoid cutting off
b) indicate something has been cut off (<- I prefer this)
I assume there are more people with a similar workflow who're still
unaware of
this feature.
I would joke about how 3 letter agencies introduced this flag to backdoor
open
source projects, but, well..
Sincerely yours,
a git user
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