Add Turn Off The Output Pager For One Command as a git til

git/turn-off-the-output-pager-for-one-command.md

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+# Turn Off The Output Pager For One Command
+
+With `git` a pager, such as `less`, can be configured to display paginated
+command output. There are many ways to set up the default pager such as setting
+the `core.pager` value in your git-config or by setting the `$PAGER` env var.
+
+Assuming it is set to something like `less`, you can view, scroll through, and
+search the output of a command like `git log` or `git diff`. When you're
+finished the pager will close, all the output will vanish, and you'll be back
+at your terminal prompt.
+
+This is generally a desirable workflow. If, however, you want to be able to
+scroll back in your terminal history to reference a SHA or a commit message,
+you'll be disappointed.
+
+For one off commands where you know you'll want the output actually printed to
+the terminal, you can turn off the pager with the `--no-pager` flag (or `-P` as
+a shorthand).
+
+```bash
+$ git --no-pager show
+```
+
+This will print the details of the HEAD commit to the terminal. I can scroll
+back and reference them as needed.