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[PATCH 4/6] run_external_diff: drop fflush(NULL)

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 19, 2014, 19:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20140419191930.GD8981@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<20140419191128.GA9266@sigill.intra.peff.net>

This fflush was added in d5535ec (Use run_command() to spawn external diff programs instead of fork/exec., 2007-10-19), because flushing buffers before forking is a good habit.

But later, 7d0b18a (Add output flushing before fork(), 2008-08-04) added it to the generic run-command interface, meaning that our flush here is redundant.

Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
---
 diff.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index b517d01..fdb7f6c 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2928,7 +2928,6 @@ static void run_external_diff(const char *pgm,
 		argv_array_push(&argv, pgm);
 		argv_array_push(&argv, name);
 	}
-	fflush(NULL);
 
 	argv_array_pushf(&env, "GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER=%d", ++o->diff_path_counter);
 	argv_array_pushf(&env, "GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL=%d", q->nr);
-- 
1.9.1.656.ge8a0637
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  3. Max LApr 19, 2014
  4. Jeff KingApr 20, 2014
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  6. 2/6 run_external_diff: use an argv_array for the environmentJeff King, Apr 19, 2014
  7. 3/6 run_external_diff: clean up error handlingJeff King, Apr 19, 2014
  8. 4/6 run_external_diff: drop fflush(NULL)Jeff King, Apr 19, 2014
  9. 5/6 run_external_diff: hoist common bits out of conditionalJeff King, Apr 19, 2014
  10. 6/6 run_external_diff: refactor cmdline setup logicJeff King, Apr 19, 2014

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