Typing 'git log --oneline' in oh-my-zsh pipes to 'less'

Question

I just switched to Oh My Zsh and I'm using the Avit theme.

When I type git log --oneline my output seems to be piped to less. It does this for whatever theme I use.

When I used bash shell, it never cleared the screen to output those lines.

How do I set it up so that it doesn’t clear the screen to output lines but instead just output the lines after I type the command?

Here's a screenshot for reference:

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Please check first the output of `which git` and `echo $GITPAGER`. And second, if `git --no-pager log --oneline` works as expected. — mpy, Oct 05 '14 at 17:54
This lead me in the right direction. I ended up running `git config --global core.pager ''`. If you answer this question, I will checkmark your post. :) — Paul, Oct 05 '14 at 18:20

Luxian · Answer 1 · 2019-10-18T13:20:51.970

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oh-my-zsh runs less command with -R (repaint). You can disable this behavior by adding the following line at the end of your ~/.zshrc

unset LESS;

This is set to -R in ~/.oh-my-zsh/lib/misc.zsh

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49267711/1050554.

edited Oct 18 '19 at 13:20

answered Jun 11 '19 at 10:29

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I thought this comment does not work, but it does, I missed the part of adding unset to the END of zshrc – NoSenseEtAl Oct 17 '19 at 12:49
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This should be the accepted answer IMO... it's not a git thing but oh-my-zshs – josemigallas Oct 15 '20 at 08:14
@josemigallas Absolutely. This "feature" of oh my zsh is ridiculous. – Joel Mellon Sep 03 '21 at 17:28
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`-R` is nice to keep colors. Based on this and zqb-all's solution, setting `LESS=-RFX` works nice for me – redbmk Oct 17 '21 at 22:14

zqb-all · Answer 2 · 2018-01-02T09:22:56.107

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maybe a better solution :

git config --global --replace-all core.pager "less -F -X"

from How do I prevent git diff from using a pager?

edited Jan 02 '18 at 09:22

answered Jan 02 '18 at 07:58

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This is really better. I'll explain why: with "plain" less, when you do, for instance, `git log` – all your history disappears after you quit the pager. With this command, it stays on screen. If the log is really short (fits the screen) — it doesn't use the pager at all. Only if content is long enough, it would be wrapped in pager, and you'll not lose the screen after clicking "q". – pilat May 23 '18 at 10:56

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '14 at 18:41

You can define a pager, which git uses by default for its output via

the $GIT_PAGER or $PAGER environment variable
the git config entry core.pager

The pager can be temporary disabled with the git command line option --no-pager. How to make it permanent depends upon the both possibilities above:

find, where in your shell's config files the $GIT_PAGER or $PAGER environment variable gets defined and remove that line.
run git config --global core.pager ''

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 09 '16 at 09:23

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A simple way to fix this is to make git log not use the pager in the global configuration settings:

git config --global pager.log false

answered Mar 09 '16 at 09:23

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score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 12 '23 at 10:23

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Edit file ~/.zshrc and add

PAGER=

Then, save the file and execute source ~/.zshrc.

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answered Mar 24 '20 at 21:47

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Typing 'git log --oneline' in oh-my-zsh pipes to 'less'

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