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[PATCH] editor: only save (and restore) the terminal if using a tty

From
Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 22, 2021, 22:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20211122222850.674-1-carenas@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<04ab7301-ea34-476c-eae4-4044fef74b91@gmail.com>

If the editor is invoked without a controlling terminal, then saving the state and restoring it later is not very useful and could generate signals that the invoking process wouldn't know how to handle.

if git's standard output is not connected to a terminal, then presume there is no need to worry if the invoking terminal could garble it.

Reported-by: Alexander Veit <alexander.veit@gmx.net>
Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
---
 editor.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/editor.c b/editor.c
index 674309eed8..214e3834cb 100644
--- a/editor.c
+++ b/editor.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int launch_specified_editor(const char *editor, const char *path,
 		p.env = env;
 		p.use_shell = 1;
 		p.trace2_child_class = "editor";
-		term_fail = save_term(1);
+		term_fail = isatty(1) ? save_term(1) : 1;
 		if (start_command(&p) < 0) {
 			if (!term_fail)
 				restore_term();
-- 
2.34.0.352.g07dee3c5e1
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Message 3 of 25 in “Update to Git 2.34.0 breaks application”
  1. Alexander VeitNov 22, 2021
  2. Phillip WoodNov 22, 2021
  3. editor: only save (and restore) the terminal if using a ttyCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Nov 22, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 22, 2021
  7. Alexander VeitNov 23, 2021
  8. Carlo ArenasNov 23, 2021
  9. Carlo ArenasNov 22, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2021
  11. Johannes SchindelinNov 24, 2021
  12. Carlo ArenasNov 24, 2021
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2021
  14. Carlo ArenasNov 24, 2021
  15. Junio C HamanoNov 24, 2021
  16. Johannes SchindelinNov 29, 2021
  17. Phillip WoodNov 23, 2021
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 23, 2021
  19. Carlo ArenasNov 23, 2021
  20. Phillip WoodNov 30, 2021
  21. Chris TorekDec 1, 2021
  22. Junio C HamanoDec 1, 2021
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2021
  24. Carlo ArenasDec 2, 2021
  25. Johannes SchindelinDec 2, 2021

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