Merge branch 'aw/maint-shortlog-blank-lines' into maint
[git/dscho.git] / pager.c
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1 #include "cache.h"
3 /*
4 * This is split up from the rest of git so that we might do
5 * something different on Windows, for example.
6 */
8 static int spawned_pager;
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 if (!pager_program)
36 git_config(git_default_config);
37 pager = pager_program;
39 if (!pager)
40 pager = getenv("PAGER");
41 if (!pager)
42 pager = "less";
43 else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
44 return;
46 spawned_pager = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */
48 if (pipe(fd) < 0)
49 return;
50 pid = fork();
51 if (pid < 0) {
52 close(fd[0]);
53 close(fd[1]);
54 return;
57 /* return in the child */
58 if (!pid) {
59 dup2(fd[1], 1);
60 close(fd[0]);
61 close(fd[1]);
62 return;
65 /* The original process turns into the PAGER */
66 dup2(fd[0], 0);
67 close(fd[0]);
68 close(fd[1]);
70 setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
71 run_pager(pager);
72 die("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
73 exit(255);
76 int pager_in_use(void)
78 const char *env;
80 if (spawned_pager)
81 return 1;
83 env = getenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE");
84 return env ? git_config_bool("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE", env) : 0;