Re: [RFC] sending errors to stdout under $PAGER

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On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 09:56:27AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > Wouldn't it be better/safer to redirect stderr to the pager
> > in the first place?
> >
> > So, instead of the current
> >
> > 	foo | less
> > use
> > 	foo 2>&1 | less
> 
> I like it.  Much nicer.  Thanks.

This will also put the stderr of any sub-programs into the pager, which
is probably worse if you have, e.g., a chatty external diff program. I
don't know if we care enough about that.

-Peff
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