* net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-remote-process-environment): Add "PAGER=\"\"".

Reported by Robert Lupton the Good <rhl@astro.princeton.edu>.

* vc/vc-git.el (vc-git--call): Enable `inhibit-null-byte-detection'.
Add "PAGER=" to `process-environment'.

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index a320976a74f..08f6ac4d075 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
         * files.el (file-equal-p): Fix docstring.  Avoid unnecessary
         access of FILE2, if FILE1 does not exist.
 
+        * net/tramp-sh.el (tramp-remote-process-environment): Add "PAGER=\"\"".
+        Reported by Robert Lupton the Good <rhl@astro.princeton.edu>.
+
+        * vc/vc-git.el (vc-git--call): Enable `inhibit-null-byte-detection'.
+        Add "PAGER=" to `process-environment'.
+
 2012-03-01  Michael R. Mauger  <mmaug@yahoo.com>
 
         * progmodes/sql.el: Bug fix
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
index 801ec5f5fc9..1c23a6f20f3 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-sh.el
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ as given in your `~/.profile'."
     ,(format "TERM=%s" tramp-terminal-type)
     "EMACS=t" ;; Deprecated.
     ,(format "INSIDE_EMACS='%s,tramp:%s'" emacs-version tramp-version)
-    "CDPATH=" "HISTORY=" "MAIL=" "MAILCHECK=" "MAILPATH="
+    "CDPATH=" "HISTORY=" "MAIL=" "MAILCHECK=" "MAILPATH=" "PAGER=\"\""
     "autocorrect=" "correct=")
 
   "*List of environment variables to be set on the remote host.
diff --git a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
index dbe591a3ed8..3ec32243796 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/vc-git.el
@@ -1108,8 +1108,11 @@ The difference to vc-do-command is that this function always invokes
 (defun vc-git--call (buffer command &rest args)
   ;; We don't need to care the arguments.  If there is a file name, it
   ;; is always a relative one.  This works also for remote
-  ;; directories.
-  (apply 'process-file vc-git-program nil buffer nil command args))
+  ;; directories.  We enable `inhibit-null-byte-detection', otherwise
+  ;; Tramp's eol conversion might be confused.
+  (let ((inhibit-null-byte-detection t)
+        (process-environment (cons "PAGER=" process-environment)))
+    (apply 'process-file vc-git-program nil buffer nil command args)))
 
 (defun vc-git--out-ok (command &rest args)
   (zerop (apply 'vc-git--call '(t nil) command args)))