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[PATCH] Reset terminal attributes when terminating git send-email

From
Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date
Aug 17, 2007, 21:38 UTC
Message-ID
<11873867051589-git-send-email-seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
In-Reply-To
<11873867051906-git-send-email-seanlkml@sympatico.ca>

If you break out of the prompts presented to you by git send-email your terminal can be left in an inconsistent state. Here we trap the interrupt signal and reset the terminal before exiting.

Signed-off-by: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
---
 git-send-email.perl |    3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
index 69559b2..f1a8855 100755
--- a/git-send-email.perl
+++ b/git-send-email.perl
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@ use warnings;
 use Term::ReadLine;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Data::Dumper;
+use Term::ANSIColor;
 use Git;
 
+$SIG{INT} = sub { print color("reset"), "\n"; exit };
+
 package FakeTerm;
 sub new {
 	my ($class, $reason) = @_;
-- 
1.5.3.rc5.18.gcb57
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Message 2 of 4 in “Fix small typo in git send-email man page.”
  1. Fix small typo in git send-email man page.Sean Estabrooks, Aug 17, 2007
  2. Reset terminal attributes when terminating git send-emailSean Estabrooks, Aug 17, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 17, 2007
  4. SeanAug 17, 2007

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