On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 02:15:58PM -0400, Shawn Pearce wrote:
quoted text
> Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org> wrote:
> > I always find myself typing "git -p diff".
> > Should we paginate git-diff output by default?
>
> I agree.  I'm very used to git log automatically running my $PAGER;
> I'm always surprised that git diff doesn't do the same when attached
> to my tty.

so here is the overly complex implementation:

---
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 03acb25..3408e81 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static void handle_internal_command(int
 		{ "check-ref-format", cmd_check_ref_format },
 		{ "commit-tree", cmd_commit_tree, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "count-objects", cmd_count_objects, RUN_SETUP },
-		{ "diff", cmd_diff, RUN_SETUP },
+		{ "diff", cmd_diff, RUN_SETUP | USE_PAGER },
 		{ "diff-files", cmd_diff_files, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "diff-index", cmd_diff_index, RUN_SETUP },
 		{ "diff-stages", cmd_diff_stages, RUN_SETUP },

-- 
Martin Waitz
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