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Documentation: improve the example of overriding LESS via core.pager

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You can override an option set in the LESS variable by simply prefixing
the command line option with `-+`. This is more robust than the previous
example if the default LESS options are to ever change.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Palka <patrick@parcs.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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@ -538,14 +538,14 @@ core.pager::
`LESS` variable to some other value. Alternately,
these settings can be overridden on a project or
global basis by setting the `core.pager` option.
Setting `core.pager` has no affect on the `LESS`
Setting `core.pager` has no effect on the `LESS`
environment variable behaviour above, so if you want
to override git's default settings this way, you need
to be explicit. For example, to disable the S option
in a backward compatible manner, set `core.pager`
to `less -+$LESS -FRX`. This will be passed to the
shell by git, which will translate the final command to
`LESS=FRSX less -+FRSX -FRX`.
to `less -+S`. This will be passed to the shell by
git, which will translate the final command to
`LESS=FRSX less -+S`.
core.whitespace::
A comma separated list of common whitespace problems to