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Mike Healy
2,451 PointsBasic Git log questions
git log shows me a history of commits, but seems to open some interactive behavior which I don't know how to close. i.e. I'm not able to issue new git commands without closing my command prompt.
Git 1.8.1 on Windows.
Thanks
5 Answers
Mike Healy
2,451 PointsHmm, seems it only happens for a longer log. If I limit to a few commits there's no prob:
git log -2
Turns out pressing q gets me back out to the cmd
Tommy Morgan
Treehouse Guest TeacherIt looks like Git on Windows is configured by default to use a pager for all output past a certain size. In this case the pager is probably the UNIX program less, which you can read more about here.
If you want to disable this functionality, you have a couple of options:
- Use the
--no-pageroption when you run your command, e.g.git log --no-pager - Switch the pager command to
catfor Git.catsimply outputs the content to the terminal, so this would sidestep the use of a pager. You can do this with git config for just your current repository:git config core.pager cat, or for all repositories on your computer:git config --global core.pager cat.
Hope that helps!
Mike Healy
2,451 PointsGreat info, thanks Tommy.
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 Pointshaven't been on a windows machine in a long time..but try ctrl-z
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 Pointsor ctrl-c
Mike Healy
2,451 PointsYep, used the classic "press keys one at a time until something works" technique.
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 PointsShawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 Pointsawesome! like I said been a LONG time since I have worked on a windows machine. Glad you got it figured out!