How to fix git log output (missing lines in less)?

Question

I have two different servers each running a Ubuntu installation. On both of them, I have set env LESS=-FerX which makes sure that git log output is displayed ni

Answer 1

Again, I find the answer to my own question only minutes after asking.

Turns out the problem was the -r parameter to less. It should have been a -R instead.

From the manpage:

-R or --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS
          Like  -r,  but  only ANSI "color" escape sequences are output in "raw" form.
          Unlike -r, the screen appearance is  maintained  correctly  in  most  cases.

For some reson not known to me, the lower-case -r works fine on of the other server.