Re: about c8af1de9 (git status uses pager)

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On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've played with `less -F` for a while now, and there is an inherent
> problem with that. Or should I say, xterm.
> When less quits, the xterm "screen" blits back to the shell output
> that was previously visible, so
>        git status
> with less -F as a pager displays practically *nothing*.
> I am aware that this is a less / xterm issue, but I wanted to let
> you know.
>

Option -X should do the trick :-)


Vegard

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