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1 #include "cache.h"
3 #include <sys/select.h>
5 /*
6 * This is split up from the rest of git so that we might do
7 * something different on Windows, for example.
8 */
10 static void run_pager(const char *pager)
13 * Work around bug in "less" by not starting it until we
14 * have real input
16 fd_set in;
18 FD_ZERO(&in);
19 FD_SET(0, &in);
20 select(1, &in, NULL, &in, NULL);
22 execlp(pager, pager, NULL);
23 execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager, NULL);
26 void setup_pager(void)
28 pid_t pid;
29 int fd[2];
30 const char *pager = getenv("GIT_PAGER");
32 if (!isatty(1))
33 return;
34 if (!pager)
35 pager = pager_program;
36 if (!pager)
37 pager = getenv("PAGER");
38 if (!pager)
39 pager = "less";
40 else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
41 return;
43 pager_in_use = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */
45 if (pipe(fd) < 0)
46 return;
47 pid = fork();
48 if (pid < 0) {
49 close(fd[0]);
50 close(fd[1]);
51 return;
54 /* return in the child */
55 if (!pid) {
56 dup2(fd[1], 1);
57 close(fd[0]);
58 close(fd[1]);
59 return;
62 /* The original process turns into the PAGER */
63 dup2(fd[0], 0);
64 close(fd[0]);
65 close(fd[1]);
67 setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
68 run_pager(pager);
69 die("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
70 exit(255);