Setting pager (delta) args?

[rcdailey]

How do I pass arguments to the diff pager?

[diff]
    pager = "delta"
    args = ["--line-numbers", "--paging=always"]

This does not work, because args is intended for diff.command, not diff.pager. If I try to inline the arguments into the pager string, it doesn't work either.

[rcdailey]

I'm closing this discussion because I realized I can configure delta via my .gitconfig so arg passing isn't necessary. However, I do feel like this is a gap in functionality and it would be useful to have the ability to pass args to the pager. I think this may require following the existing command/arg pattern for other things, e.g.:

[pager]
  command = "delta"
  args = ["--line-numbers", "--paging=always"]

[twpayne]

Good point. I created #4490 to address this. Would you be able to test it?

[rcdailey]

Thanks for making this change! I'm of course more than happy to test it, although it'll probably be when it's either generally available or through prerelease (if you do that). I don't have the time or knowledge to make adhoc builds to test unfortunately.

[twpayne]

You can download a chezmoi binary with this change included from https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi/actions/runs/15571015079. You'll need to scroll down to the "Artifacts" section and click on the correct binary for your OS. Sorry I can't provide a more direct link, but currently GitHub does not give any way to provide a direct link.

[rcdailey]

Works great. I tested with this:

[diff]
    pager = "delta"
    pagerArgs = ["-h"]

I also commented out that line, did chezmoi init (using the downloaded version for darwin-arm64) and it worked without the args too. I store my chezmoi config as .chezmoi.toml.tmpl.

Great addition! Thank you!