Re: [PATCH] Abort mergetool on read error from stdinput

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 2, 2010, 06:38 UTC
Message-ID: <20101202063851.GA1407@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <1291271301-12511-1-git-send-email-robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>

Hi Robin,

Robin Rosenberg wrote:

> infinite loop that is somewhat tricky to stop. Abort the script
> if bash read fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>

That motivates half the change.

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> --- a/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> +++ b/git-mergetool--lib.sh
> @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ check_unchanged () {
>  		while true; do
>  			echo "$MERGED seems unchanged."
>  			printf "Was the merge successful? [y/n] "
> -			read answer
> +			read answer < /dev/tty || exit 1

Why not
			read answer || exit 1

so tests can still run without blocking? Aside from that, this looks like a good change; thanks.

What platform are you on?  ^C kills the entire process group here.