* If the user asked for our exit code then don't start a
* pager or we would end up reporting its exit code instead.
*/
- if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS))
+ if (!DIFF_OPT_TST(&rev.diffopt, EXIT_WITH_STATUS) &&
+ check_pager_config("diff") != 0)
setup_pager();
/*