Why is "git grep" behaving erratic on my Windows PC?

Question

I'm using Github and Git bash on my Windows PC (running XP).

On Ubuuntu I'm happyily using git grep to plough through my code, but every time I call something like:

git grep "some text in my repo"

on Windows I get the results and afterwards I'm stuck with the bash window showing all kind of things [END], ~, [RETURN]... whenever I try to enter something.

Question:
What else besides CTRL+R, CTRL+Q, FN+END, Q, ESC can I try to not having to force-close and reopen git:bash in order to continue to work.

Thanks!

EDIT:
This is what I mean:

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As soon as I start typing, the [END] string re-appears (or 50 lines ~) and I cannot write any command on Git, because whatever is in the way swallows half of what I'm typing.... nice description...

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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Is git launching less (or something similar) so up/down arrows on your keyboard scrolls through the matches? If you don't want that, try the instructions from https://stackoverflow.com/a/12166923/972216:

set GIT_PAGER=cat

Would disable it for your console session once, or

git config --global core.pager cat

to disable it for your account.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Mar 09 '13 at 22:41

Jason Malinowski

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Nope. I would say, this makes it even worse :-D – frequent Mar 09 '13 at 22:50
Oh really? Huh, well then I have no idea. :-) – Jason Malinowski Mar 09 '13 at 22:57
Ok. Still thanks. Maybe this helps: How do I exit the "grep view", so that I can resume normal "git-operations"? – frequent Mar 09 '13 at 22:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 18 '14 at 23:50

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I was wondering about this also after installing git and running git bash. It seems "git grep" pipes commands through "less".

Solution: Just type q.

edited Mar 18 '14 at 23:50

Albert Xing

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answered Mar 18 '14 at 23:11

CasualCoder

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yeah. or close the window :-) – frequent Mar 19 '14 at 08:20

Why is "git grep" behaving erratic on my Windows PC?

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