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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git log: Add a switch to limit the number of displayed lines
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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:18:52 -0700
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Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Or inside "less" that is spawned by "git log -p", I often say this:
>
>     /^commit .*|^diff --git .*<ENTER>
>
> and navigate with 'n' and 'p'.

Hm, that implies an interesting trick.  If I run

	LESS='FRSX +/^commit |^diff --git ' git log -p

then 'n' and shift+'n' can be used for navigating without having to
spell out the /pattern to start by hand.