Git text invisible
I am having problems using my GIT. Everything works fine when starting CMD and "$" appears and my text appears. But when I go to my git log, my text suddenly disappears, it's just ":" and I can type in commands but not see them.
When I exit the git log, the text is still not displayed. I have an image in my link below.
If I type CTRL + C 2 times, I see the '$' sign, but the text is still missing.
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git log
uses a configured pager to display one screen of information at a time.
The default pager on Unix based systems is now less
, and it is probably also the pager on your system. I am assuming you are using Git Bash, which is just a collection of Linux programs ported to run on Windows.
less
displays an information screen, and the last line of the terminal window displays a prompt :
waiting for a command. It has several commands that you can find out about if you click h
in the prompt.
The most commonly used commands are less
:
-
f
or<space>
to display the next screen (f
comes from Forward); -
b
to display the previous screen (b
derived from "Back"); -
/
followed by a regular expression andenter
to search for matching substrings in the input, starting from the displayed screen (search forward); -
?
followed by a regular expression andenter
to search backwards; -
h
to display help (list of commands); -
q
, to leave.
Most commands have two or more assigned keys. I only listed the key above, which is also the easiest to type.
You can use commands less
while reading help (this is more than one screen).
If I type CTRL + C 2 times, I see the '$' sign, but the text is still missing.
On quit, less
restores the screen to the status it found when it was started.
To use a different pager program (for all Git commands requiring one), you can install it in your Git config:
git config core.pager /bin/more
Replace /bin/more
in the above command with the full path of your favorite pager program.
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