pager: remove 'S' from $LESS by default

diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index c415aadbbcd8b6b99f21687e1038867a0d2bf0cf..f57b0e2fcf13ce23a349b011ba75486bbd171a8d 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ be escaped: use `\"` for `"` and `\\` for `\`.
 
 The following escape sequences (beside `\"` and `\\`) are recognized:
 `\n` for newline character (NL), `\t` for horizontal tabulation (HT, TAB)
-and `\b` for backspace (BS).  No other char escape sequence, nor octal
-char sequences are valid.
+and `\b` for backspace (BS).  Other char escape sequences (including octal
+escape sequences) are invalid.
 
 Variable values ending in a `\` are continued on the next line in the
 customary UNIX fashion.
@@ -558,14 +558,19 @@ core.pager::
        configuration, then `$PAGER`, and then the default chosen at
        compile time (usually 'less').
 +
-When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRSX`
+When the `LESS` environment variable is unset, Git sets it to `FRX`
 (if `LESS` environment variable is set, Git does not change it at
 all).  If you want to selectively override Git's default setting
-for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -+S`.  This will
+for `LESS`, you can set `core.pager` to e.g. `less -S`.  This will
 be passed to the shell by Git, which will translate the final
-command to `LESS=FRSX less -+S`. The environment tells the command
-to set the `S` option to chop long lines but the command line
-resets it to the default to fold long lines.
+command to `LESS=FRX less -S`. The environment does not set the
+`S` option but the command line does, instructing less to truncate
+long lines. Similarly, setting `core.pager` to `less -+F` will
+deactivate the `F` option specified by the environment from the
+command-line, deactivating the "quit if one screen" behavior of
+`less`.  One can specifically activate some flags for particular
+commands: for example, setting `pager.blame` to `less -S` enables
+line truncation only for `git blame`.
 +
 Likewise, when the `LV` environment variable is unset, Git sets it
 to `-c`.  You can override this setting by exporting `LV` with
@@ -826,7 +831,7 @@ color.diff::
        commands will only use color when output is to the terminal.
        Defaults to false.
 +
-This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] nor the
+This does not affect linkgit:git-format-patch[1] or the
 'git-diff-{asterisk}' plumbing commands.  Can be overridden on the
 command line with the `--color[=<when>]` option.
 
@@ -1156,6 +1161,11 @@ filter.<driver>.smudge::
        object to a worktree file upon checkout.  See
        linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
 
+gc.aggressiveDepth::
+       The depth parameter used in the delta compression
+       algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
+       to 250.
+
 gc.aggressiveWindow::
        The window size parameter used in the delta compression
        algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults