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git/pager.c
Brian Gernhardt 54adf3706c Add core.pager config variable.
This adds a configuration variable that performs the same function as,
but is overridden by, GIT_PAGER.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Acked-by: Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2007-07-04 10:09:32 -07:00

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#include "cache.h"
#include <sys/select.h>
/*
* This is split up from the rest of git so that we might do
* something different on Windows, for example.
*/
static void run_pager(const char *pager)
{
/*
* Work around bug in "less" by not starting it until we
* have real input
*/
fd_set in;
FD_ZERO(&in);
FD_SET(0, &in);
select(1, &in, NULL, &in, NULL);
execlp(pager, pager, NULL);
execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager, NULL);
}
void setup_pager(void)
{
pid_t pid;
int fd[2];
const char *pager = getenv("GIT_PAGER");
if (!isatty(1))
return;
if (!pager)
pager = pager_program;
if (!pager)
pager = getenv("PAGER");
if (!pager)
pager = "less";
else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
return;
pager_in_use = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */
if (pipe(fd) < 0)
return;
pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) {
close(fd[0]);
close(fd[1]);
return;
}
/* return in the child */
if (!pid) {
dup2(fd[1], 1);
close(fd[0]);
close(fd[1]);
return;
}
/* The original process turns into the PAGER */
dup2(fd[0], 0);
close(fd[0]);
close(fd[1]);
setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
run_pager(pager);
die("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
exit(255);
}