From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_DKIMWL_WL_MED,USER_IN_DEF_DKIM_WL shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29B281F404 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2018 21:23:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727448AbeHPARL (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:17:11 -0400 Received: from mail-yw1-f47.google.com ([209.85.161.47]:35151 "EHLO mail-yw1-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726763AbeHPARK (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:17:10 -0400 Received: by mail-yw1-f47.google.com with SMTP id s68-v6so1938909ywg.2 for ; Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:23:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=GeDWtLhAk3Un4XwfhrTZecGhMAOgGmh17MXqXSt53Tc=; b=Vm76sJB8qXvQ4wXZ151cWI9HalJNOIW6ekns0pQEwlshLyXar3tZhrXc88Kp7eHt4M lgaQe86AS407hjJsnr29A0w1zABjbTH4NEE/z1RItmBrB9129HHU1tTt+mOFq0HUMOT+ dg7m9rKW60GQ1ib5JaxEjyBODSAgimPOpgT9dfpeNBFf/FKcHk8YgxO1G2KbJauP2IPb GNqoo2aXpD8APaLYdhkp5YuwxG+VVBaM5506U/EbuvQJMUWr4AlU5GiLV8LazfV/U2Zf u8xM4ExvBuV+bFIxoht6T6P/fwh0y/IsLdr89/Xa6pOTNuVBrE5CP826fGUzPFc4QYm7 xMEQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=GeDWtLhAk3Un4XwfhrTZecGhMAOgGmh17MXqXSt53Tc=; b=fYaHDGqY+D3nNVhoRY9KOtbkcV+i8ZVlN0tp5ZgM66VJeV+YTe/uCMtrXWpbHQ+muB YDTzeeTajxdb+/trOk6XInFb0XWbXGW2ihNxLXimHi11pIL7Q1IX7bPPuFWgI9Kj76R/ bba94ULXUX9Mjkg8nnNUV/elovpXH8C1HcxI7vFsgwH9fQXbLUmIB6KQFsnCSk3oA0Ij DIj/DeE8SvR66Nft3oiRJZJ0lV4KVAxwTNlhng4c9QEIhkjiRJSEncqF9RFZicrmDOnv ly0uVQ/Z1MHN3Yn/bYyo8eOQOy90O6ftv0SPoiFdXYscVjfOsdBm2rMzY4B++CAzDecH mu+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlFZoqlJAy6X9J7R34tKplu2d3RYQlCeyEfczHPZ+ONh8lLFFMj3 Evy/hgf0OWjO5DZWc5pGuetlmq1zN6YYXkqN9XZ4F3Fk6To= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA+uWPwtUeEqTNjGu+vsWRdkrmeUBZ3kOsDSIKnEIugXeimlE1B6WRz9t93CHXprJLUSKtuuiiITPDMqXRi2HgXKsAE= X-Received: by 2002:a81:af67:: with SMTP id x39-v6mr14643876ywj.33.1534368195646; Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:23:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Stefan Beller Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:23:04 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: "less -F" is broken To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Junio C Hamano , git Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 1:35 PM Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Sadly, as of less-530, the behavior of "less -F" is broken enough that > I think git needs to potentially think about changing the defaults for > the pager, or people should at least be aware of it. > > Older versions of less (at least up to less-487 - March 2017) do not > have this bug. There were apparently 520, 527 and 529 releases in > 2017 too, but I couldn't find their sources to verify if they were > already broken - but 530 (February 2018) has the problem. http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.527.html http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/news.520.html http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ Release notes for 520 and 527 contains: "Don't output terminal init sequence if using -F and file fits on one screen."