Why does :sh git diff not use my default delta pager when called in Helix?

[David-Else]

In my terminal when I use git diff i get delta as my diff as i configured my .gitconfig:

but in Helix with :sh git diff it is not using delta!

If I type :sh git config --list --show-origin in Helix it correctly shows that right .gitconfig file is being used and the correct delta settings are applied.

Please help!

[pascalkuthe]

Delya is a pager and only works as a TUI. If git detects that its output is being piped it will disable the pager and just output the diff as plaintext.

Helix is not a terminal emulator so this just won't work. If you want to use other this you need to run them in a seperate terminal