Prevent git from using pager for short output?

Question

When I was using Git Bash (Git For Windows) if a command (like git diff) had a short output (I\'m guessing smaller than the terminal\'s height) it would just pr

Answer 1

You could configure git to use cat as the pager (instead of less).

git config --global core.pager cat

This will add the section

[core]
    pager = cat

to your ~/.gitconfig file and pipe everything through cat, i.e. just display it.

It's discussed here How do I prevent git diff from using a pager? in more detail.