Often(but not always) after using the git log command, : are shown on my terminal window and it just becomes unresponsive
I tried searching on the web and here on Stackoverflow but can't seem to find a similar problem/ solution. I'm not exactly sure on how to word this problem, so i've added an image link. I get this problem often but not always-after using the ' git log' command. When I try to close the terminal, the error dialogue box pops up.
Image 1: Screenshot of the terminal screen. I can't type anything after the : at the very bottom
Image 2: Error dialogue box pop-up when I try to close the terminal
It is a sign of pager. You can disable it by git config --global core.pager "" for good, or git -c core.pager="" log or git --no-pager log for once.
But it's not a good idea to disable it in case the output is lengthy. When you see ":", you can press q to quit, or press arrow keys, page up, page down to navigate the output. Input /keyword and press enter to search the output for the keyword.
Besides, you can use the options like -3, --oneline to limit the output of git log.
The less in the 2nd image is one of the pagers. It's the default pager Git uses.