Re: StandardInput Not Continuing Process

From: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>
Date: Dec 23, 2010, 17:18 UTC
Message-ID: <345E4AAA-63E3-4949-8486-A636793DDBC8@silverinsanity.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikvrDWYT8h_MCESd9sg4_8ykSOq3XFEsoNsYDuZ@mail.gmail.com>

OnOn Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Chase Brammer <cbrammer@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 
> I am try to directly interact with Git by using only stdin, stdout,
> and stderr.  So
> not going through a terminal at all, but calling Git directly.   I am
> having an issue
> with being able to continue a process that requires input.
> 
> For example, doing a clone from a HTTPS server may require a username/password.
> I writing the password as utf, and also tried just UTF byes (ie no
> prepended 16-bit int)
> but am unable to get the process to continue and start the clone process.
> 
> Is there some signal, or trick to getting the process to continue?  I
> thought that sending a
> "\n" would work, but that doesn't seem to be working either.

Depending on what language you're using and your pipe settings, you might need to issue an fflush(git_stdin).

~~ Brian