> From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu....@grenoble-inp.fr>
> > const char *git_pager(int stdout_is_tty)
> > {
> > const char *pager;
> >
> > if (!stdout_is_tty)
> > return NULL;
> >
> > pager = getenv("GIT_PAGER");
> > if (!pager) {
> > if (!pager_program)
> > git_config(git_default_config, NULL);
> > pager = pager_program;
> > }
> > if (!pager)
> > pager = getenv("PAGER");
> > if (!pager)
> > pager = DEFAULT_PAGER;
> > else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
> > pager = NULL;
>
> I guess the "else" could and should be dropped. If you do so (and
> possibly insert a blank line between the DEFAULT_PAGER case and the
> "pager = NULL" case), you get a nice pattern
>
> if (!pager)
> try_something();
> if (!pager)
> try_next_option();
That's true, but it would change the effect of using "cat" as a value:
"cat" as a value of DEFAULT_PAGER would cause git_pager() to return
NULL, whereas now it causes git_pager() to return "cat". (All other
places where "cat" can be a value are translated to NULL already.)
This is why I want to know what the *intended* behavior is, because we
might be changing Git's behavior, and I want to know that if we do
that, we're changing it to what it should be. And I haven't seen
anyone venture an opinion on what the intended behavior is.
> I agree that a comment like this would help, though:
>
> --- a/cache.h
> +++ b/cache.h
> @@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ static inline ssize_t write_str_in_full(int fd, const
> char *str)
>
> /* pager.c */
> extern void setup_pager(void);
> -extern const char *pager_program;
> +extern const char *pager_program; /* value read from git_config() */
> extern int pager_in_use(void);
> extern int pager_use_color;
> extern int term_columns(void);
First off, the wording is wrong, it should be "value set by
git_config()".
But that doesn't tell the reader what the significance of the value
is. I suspect that a number of global variables need to be marked:
> /* The pager program name, or "cat" if there is no pager.
> * Can be overridden by the pager.<cmd> configuration value for a
> * single command, or suppressed by the --no-pager option.
> * Set by calling git_config().
> * NULL if hasn't been set yet by calling git_config(). */
> extern const char *pager_program;
Dale
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