When I use the git branch
command to list all branches, I see the output of git branch | less
.
The command git branch
is supposed to show a list of branches, like ls
does for files.
This is the output I get:
How do I get the default behaviour of git branch
? What causes the paged output?
My .gitconfig
looks like this:
[user]
email = myemail@mail.com
name = Dennis H.
[push]
default = simple
[merge]
tool = vimdiff
[core]
editor = nvim
excludesfile = /Users/dennish/.gitignore_global
[color]
ui = true
[alias]
br = branch
ci = commit -v
cam = commit -am
co = checkout
df = diff
st = status
sa = stash
mt = mergetool
cp = cherry-pick
pl = pull --rebase
[difftool "sourcetree"]
cmd = opendiff \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\"
[mergetool "sourcetree"]
cmd = /Applications/SourceTree.app/Contents/Resources/opendiff-w.sh
\"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" -ancestor \"$BASE\" -merge \"$MERGED\"
trustExitCode = true
As mentioned in comments to Mark Adelsberger's answer, this was a default behavior change introduced in Git 2.16.
You can turn paged output for git branch
back off by default with the pager.branch
config setting:
git config --global pager.branch false