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xjtan
xjtan

Reputation: 127

how to change the open the "git log" with other software instead of default less?

When I use the "git log" command to see the log, it open the log file with "less", which I think is quite inconvenient because you have to enter "Q" to quit the log and its content would disappear from terminal, unlike the output of "cat" command. Is there a way to change the "less" from other command line tools?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 121

Answers (1)

torek
torek

Reputation: 489083

The disappearing screen is a separable issue: see my answer to How to display output of `git branch` on-screen in same CLI terminal? Nonetheless, you can replace the pager with any other pager you like, by setting GIT_PAGER in your environment, or core.pager in your Git configuration, or log.pager in your Git configuration.

Upvotes: 1

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