Git commands output have no mouse support.

[Welton Rodrigo Torres Nascimento]

Binary package hint: git-core

git-core 1:1.5.6.3-1.1ubuntu2
ubuntu 8.10

Expected:

If i do a git log or git show the output is shown using a pager, /usr/bin/pager, but there is no mouse support, no scroll wheel.

But if I do, say, git log | pager, guess what? Mouse support!

find /etc/ | less? Mouse support.

Git must have mouse support on Ubuntu!

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

git exports LESS=FRSX if the LESS environment variable is not already set. The -X (--no-init) is required to let -F (--quit-if-one-screen) work sensibly, but breaks mouse wheel scrolling.

To work around this, you can disable both of those options by exporting LESS=RS. You will gain mouse wheel scrolling, but the disadvantage is that you will always have to explicitly quit the pager, even if it is displaying less than a screenfull.

If you think the default should be changed, consider talking to the upstream developers: <http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#git>.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.