From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:46:08 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Do not fork PAGER=cat
X-Git-Tag: v1.4.0-rc1~238^2
X-Git-Url: https://git.verplant.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=caef71a5354ca162cc5a6914a7a643efbc9ae28a;p=git.git

Do not fork PAGER=cat

Unless the user has a nonstandard "cat" command that does not
meow like a cat, this should not break anything and would save an
extra pipe.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
---

diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index e5ba2738..b063353d 100644
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 		return;
 	if (!pager)
 		pager = "less";
-	else if (!*pager)
+	else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
 		return;
 
 	if (pipe(fd) < 0)