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Git Diff (OSX) giving ESC[color errors

a/.vimrcESC[m
ESC[1m+++ b/.vimrcESC[m
ESC[36m@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@ESC[m
set path=~/codebase/builder-testESC[m
ESC[31m-set numberESC[m
ESC[31m-set background=darkESC[m
ESC[31m-colorscheme slateESC[m
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After reading a couple of blogs, it turns out that I was using ‘more’ as my core pager in my global .gitconfig instead of ‘less’.

All I needed to do is to change from:

[email protected]:~/codebase/config-files(master)> vim .gitconfig 

[core]
  pager = more

to

[email protected]:~/codebase/config-files(master)> vim .gitconfig 

[core]
  pager = less

I’ve been storing my global .gitconfig on github, so if you’re interested to find out how it looks like just head on over to my github :)

References:

[1] http://groups.google.com/group/github/browse_thread/thread/9fa7d5f8f2d8924f/5dcec3546cd825b9
[2] http://www.amwsites.com/blog/2011/03/get-rid-of-funky-escape-characters-from-git-diff/