static int use_pager = -1;
 struct pager_config {
        const char *cmd;
-       int val;
+       int want;
+       char *value;
 };
 
 static int pager_command_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
 {
        struct pager_config *c = data;
-       if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd))
-               c->val = git_config_bool(var, value);
+       if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd)) {
+               int b = git_config_maybe_bool(var, value);
+               if (b >= 0)
+                       c->want = b;
+               else {
+                       c->want = 1;
+                       c->value = xstrdup(value);
+               }
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
 {
        struct pager_config c;
        c.cmd = cmd;
-       c.val = -1;
+       c.want = -1;
+       c.value = NULL;
        git_config(pager_command_config, &c);
-       return c.val;
+       if (c.value)
+               pager_program = c.value;
+       return c.want;
 }
 
 static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
                        use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
                if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
                        use_pager = 1;
+
+               if ((p->option & (RUN_SETUP | RUN_SETUP_GENTLY)) &&
+                   startup_info->have_repository) /* get_git_dir() may set up repo, avoid that */
+                       trace_repo_setup(prefix);
        }
        commit_pager_choice();
 
                { "receive-pack", cmd_receive_pack },
                { "reflog", cmd_reflog, RUN_SETUP },
                { "remote", cmd_remote, RUN_SETUP },
+               { "remote-ext", cmd_remote_ext },
+               { "remote-fd", cmd_remote_fd },
                { "replace", cmd_replace, RUN_SETUP },
                { "repo-config", cmd_config, RUN_SETUP_GENTLY },
                { "rerere", cmd_rerere, RUN_SETUP },