On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Todd Zullinger <tmz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Jason, > > Jason Racey wrote: >> After upgrading git from 2.16.0 to 2.16.1 (via Homebrew - >> I’m on macOS) I noticed that the “git branch” command >> appears to display the branch listing in something similar >> to a vi editor - though not quite the same. I don’t know >> the technical term for this state. You can’t actually edit >> the output of the command, but you’re in a state where you >> have to type “q” to exit and then the list disappears. >> It’s very inconvenient and it doesn’t seem like it was by >> design. I’m using zsh in iTerm2 if that helps. Thanks. > > In 2.16.0 `git branch --list` is sent to a pager by default. > (Without arguments, --list is the default, so this applies > to `git branch`). > > You can set pager.branch to false to disable this in the > config, or use git --no-pager branch to do so for a single > invocation. > > I can't say why you're seeing this with 2.16.1 and not > 2.16.0, but I'm not familiar with homebrew, so perhaps > something didn't work as intended in 2.16.0. > Maybe the number of branches changed since then? As the pager only comes to life when the output fills more than your screen. Quick workarounds: * buy a bigger screen * have fewer branches. :-) Stefan
