Merge branch 'jn/maint-fix-pager'

* jn/maint-fix-pager:
  tests: Fix race condition in t7006-pager
  t7006-pager: if stdout is not a terminal, make a new one
  tests: Add tests for automatic use of pager
  am: Fix launching of pager
  git svn: Fix launching of pager
  git.1: Clarify the behavior of the --paginate option
  Make 'git var GIT_PAGER' always print the configured pager
  Fix 'git var' usage synopsis

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/git-sh-setup.sh b/git-sh-setup.sh
index 5e22440aec..7a095665d7 100644
--- a/git-sh-setup.sh
+++ b/git-sh-setup.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,19 @@ git_editor() {
 	eval "$GIT_EDITOR" '"$@"'
 }
 
+git_pager() {
+	if test -t 1
+	then
+		GIT_PAGER=$(git var GIT_PAGER)
+	else
+		GIT_PAGER=cat
+	fi
+	: ${LESS=-FRSX}
+	export LESS
+
+	eval "$GIT_PAGER" '"$@"'
+}
+
 sane_grep () {
 	GREP_OPTIONS= LC_ALL=C grep "$@"
 }