I tripped over this because I was experimenting with alternative pagers.
Astonishingly, they all suck more than `less', so I'm stuck.
external = --color=always
[pager]
- log = perl /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | less
- show = perl /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | less
- diff = perl /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | less
+ log = perl /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | mdw-pager
+ show = perl /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | mdw-pager
+ diff = perl /usr/share/doc/git/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | mdw-pager
[alias]
egrep = "grep -E"