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diff --git a/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c b/tools/lib/subcmd/pager.c
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+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include "pager.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
+#include "sigchain.h"
+#include "subcmd-config.h"
+
+/*
+ * This is split up from the rest of git so that we can do
+ * something different on Windows.
+ */
+
+static int spawned_pager;
+
+void pager_init(const char *pager_env)
+{
+	subcmd_config.pager_env = pager_env;
+}
+
+static void pager_preexec(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Work around bug in "less" by not starting it until we
+	 * have real input
+	 */
+	fd_set in;
+
+	FD_ZERO(&in);
+	FD_SET(0, &in);
+	select(1, &in, NULL, &in, NULL);
+
+	setenv("LESS", "FRSX", 0);
+}
+
+static const char *pager_argv[] = { "sh", "-c", NULL, NULL };
+static struct child_process pager_process;
+
+static void wait_for_pager(void)
+{
+	fflush(stdout);
+	fflush(stderr);
+	/* signal EOF to pager */
+	close(1);
+	close(2);
+	finish_command(&pager_process);
+}
+
+static void wait_for_pager_signal(int signo)
+{
+	wait_for_pager();
+	sigchain_pop(signo);
+	raise(signo);
+}
+
+void setup_pager(void)
+{
+	const char *pager = getenv(subcmd_config.pager_env);
+
+	if (!isatty(1))
+		return;
+	if (!pager)
+		pager = getenv("PAGER");
+	if (!(pager || access("/usr/bin/pager", X_OK)))
+		pager = "/usr/bin/pager";
+	if (!(pager || access("/usr/bin/less", X_OK)))
+		pager = "/usr/bin/less";
+	if (!pager)
+		pager = "cat";
+	if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
+		return;
+
+	spawned_pager = 1; /* means we are emitting to terminal */
+
+	/* spawn the pager */
+	pager_argv[2] = pager;
+	pager_process.argv = pager_argv;
+	pager_process.in = -1;
+	pager_process.preexec_cb = pager_preexec;
+
+	if (start_command(&pager_process))
+		return;
+
+	/* original process continues, but writes to the pipe */
+	dup2(pager_process.in, 1);
+	if (isatty(2))
+		dup2(pager_process.in, 2);
+	close(pager_process.in);
+
+	/* this makes sure that the parent terminates after the pager */
+	sigchain_push_common(wait_for_pager_signal);
+	atexit(wait_for_pager);
+}
+
+int pager_in_use(void)
+{
+	return spawned_pager;
+}