1 files changed, 47 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 3307c078e..7075533aa 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -9,6 +9,43 @@ const char git_usage_string[] =
 const char git_more_info_string[] =
 	"See 'git help COMMAND' for more information on a specific command.";
 
+static int use_pager = -1;
+struct pager_config {
+	const char *cmd;
+	int val;
+};
+
+static int pager_command_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *data)
+{
+	struct pager_config *c = data;
+	if (!prefixcmp(var, "pager.") && !strcmp(var + 6, c->cmd))
+		c->val = git_config_bool(var, value);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* returns 0 for "no pager", 1 for "use pager", and -1 for "not specified" */
+int check_pager_config(const char *cmd)
+{
+	struct pager_config c;
+	c.cmd = cmd;
+	c.val = -1;
+	git_config(pager_command_config, &c);
+	return c.val;
+}
+
+static void commit_pager_choice(void) {
+	switch (use_pager) {
+	case 0:
+		setenv("GIT_PAGER", "cat", 1);
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		setup_pager();
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+}
+
 static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
 {
 	int handled = 0;
@@ -38,9 +75,9 @@ static int handle_options(const char*** argv, int* argc, int* envchanged)
 				exit(0);
 			}
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-p") || !strcmp(cmd, "--paginate")) {
-			setup_pager();
+			use_pager = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--no-pager")) {
-			setenv("GIT_PAGER", "cat", 1);
+			use_pager = 0;
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--git-dir")) {
@@ -242,8 +279,13 @@ static int run_command(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 	prefix = NULL;
 	if (p->option & RUN_SETUP)
 		prefix = setup_git_directory();
-	if (p->option & USE_PAGER)
-		setup_pager();
+
+	if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & RUN_SETUP)
+		use_pager = check_pager_config(p->cmd);
+	if (use_pager == -1 && p->option & USE_PAGER)
+		use_pager = 1;
+	commit_pager_choice();
+
 	if (p->option & NEED_WORK_TREE)
 		setup_work_tree();
 
@@ -466,6 +508,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 	argv++;
 	argc--;
 	handle_options(&argv, &argc, NULL);
+	commit_pager_choice();
 	if (argc > 0) {
 		if (!prefixcmp(argv[0], "--"))
 			argv[0] += 2;