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
Specifies how many context lines should be used in calls to diff
made by the linkgit:git-gui[1]. The default is "5".
+gui.displayuntracked::
+ Determines if linkgit::git-gui[1] shows untracked files
+ in the file list. The default is "true".
+
gui.encoding::
Specifies the default encoding to use for displaying of
file contents in linkgit:git-gui[1] and linkgit:gitk[1].