On Tue, Mar 21, 2023 at 03:24:53PM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote recently some aliases to not clutter my screen when I want to
> check something quick:
>
> $ head -n4 ~/.gitconfig
> [alias]
> df = -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' diff
> sw = -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' show
> st = -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' status
>
> Now, `git df` and `git sw` work as expected: they open a less window,
> and it's later closed with `q`, with no traces in my screen except for
> the command itself.
>
> However, `git st` doesn't seem to work. It prints everything to screen,
> and then exits.
git-status doesn't invoke the pager by default:
$ git -c core.pager='echo foo' log
foo
$ git -c core.pager='echo foo' status
On branch [...etc]
You can configure it to do so:
git config --global pager.status true
Or if you just want it to happen in your alias, try:
[alias]
st = -p -c core.pager='less -+F -+X' status
-Peff
