> On 07 Feb 2018, at 19:09, Jason Racey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Lars, > > Here’s what I’m certain of: > > 1. Just set up a new MacBook Pro at work. Git version 2.16.1 installed via > Homebrew. “git branch” command always displays the list of branches in the > less pager, regardless of number of branches or screen size. I’ve never seen > this happen before. > 2. Checked the “git branch” behavior on my personal MacBook Pro. Git version > there is 2.16.0. Does not have this always paging behavior. > 3. Ran "brew upgrade git" on personal MacBook Pro. Git upgraded to 2.16.1. > 4. Checked the “git branch” behavior on my personal MacBook Pro after version > upgrade. Pager now always used regardless of number of branches or screen > size. Oh no! Seems like there might be a bug in the new version, better email > the git bug list in just to be safe. > 5. Meanwhile research problem on Stack Overflow. Mitigated (though not really > fixed) issue on both machines with this command: git config --global > core.pager ‘’ >
That's great! Thank you. Can you share your exact OS version running on your work and personal machine? Plus, what shell do you use and what terminal application? Thanks, Lars PS: Please don't top post on the git mailing list :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style > Thanks! > > - Jason > > >> On Feb 7, 2018, at 9:54 AM, Lars Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On 06 Feb 2018, at 21:05, Stefan Beller <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 11:57 AM, Todd Zullinger <[email protected]> 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. >> >> Hmmm... there might be more to it. I just noticed the >> pager behavior on macOS, too. Consider this call: >> >> $ git diff --shortstat >> >> This should generate at most one line of output. On Linux >> the pager is never used. On macOS the pager is always used. >> >> I tried older versions of Git on macOS and experienced the >> same behavior. >> >> @Jason: That might be a bug on macOS. However, I am surprised >> you only noticed it after upgrading from 2.16.0 to 2.16.1. >> Do you recall anything else you've changed? >> >> - Lars >> >
