On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:25 AM, Jeff King <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- a/pager.c
> +++ b/pager.c
> @@ -109,10 +109,15 @@ void setup_pager(void)
> return;
>
> /*
> - * force computing the width of the terminal before we redirect
> - * the standard output to the pager.
> + * After we redirect standard output, we won't be able to use an ioctl
> + * to get the terminal size. Let's grab it now, and then set $COLUMNS
> + * to communicate it to any sub-processes.
> */
> - (void) term_columns();
> + {
> + char buf[64];
> + xsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", term_columns());
> + setenv("COLUMNS", buf, 0);
I wonder if this affects bash being a subprocess. E.g. if COLUMNS is
exported will it still dynamically adjust COLUMNS? A quick test shows
that it adjusts $COLUMNS anyway, so even if we need to launch a shell
we should be good.
> + }
>
> setenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE", "true", 1);
>
> --
> 2.17.0.984.g9b00a423a4
>
--
Duy
