Word wrap when using git grep

Question

I am trying to run git grep from terminal (using Titanium). The results do not wrap and get cut off at the window so I cannot read anything. I tried messing around with config but could not get anything. How can I make these grep results wrap?

Answer 1

Have you set core.pager in your .gitconfig? If you are using less, you can see the extra characters by pressing the right arrow key on the keyboard.

Edit: Even when I unset core.pager, git grep seems to invoke less -S by default.

Edit 2: Whoops, as Keith Thompson pointed out less does wrap lines by default. From the man page:

   -S or --chop-long-lines
          Causes lines longer than the screen width to be  chopped  rather
          than  folded.  That is, the portion of a long line that does not
          fit in the screen width is not shown.  The default  is  to  fold
          long lines; that is, display the remainder on the next line.