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difftool--helper: exit when reading a prompt answer fails

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Oct 26, 2014, 08:09 UTC
Message-ID
<544CAC30.7000607@kdbg.org>

An attempt to quit difftool by hitting Ctrl-D (EOF) at its prompt does not quit it, but is treated as if 'yes' was answered to the prompt and all following prompts, which is contrary to the user's intent. Fix the error check.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
 Found while reviewing your latest patch.
 I chose the 'foo || return' idiom for the error check, but left the
 'if' for the interesting check, because I feel it is more readable
 than 'test ... && return'.
 -- Hannes
 git-difftool--helper.sh | 3 ++-
 t/t7800-difftool.sh     | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/git-difftool--helper.sh b/git-difftool--helper.sh
index 7ef36b9..aca0413 100755
--- a/git-difftool--helper.sh
+++ b/git-difftool--helper.sh
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ launch_merge_tool () {
 		else
 			printf "Launch '%s' [Y/n]: " "$merge_tool"
 		fi
-		if read ans && test "$ans" = n
+		read ans || return
+		if test "$ans" = n
 		then
 			return
 		fi
diff --git a/t/t7800-difftool.sh b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
index dc30a51..9cf5dc9 100755
--- a/t/t7800-difftool.sh
+++ b/t/t7800-difftool.sh
@@ -301,6 +301,14 @@ test_expect_success PERL 'say no to the second file' '
 	! grep br2 output
 '
 
+test_expect_success PERL 'ending prompt input with EOF' '
+	git difftool -x cat branch </dev/null >output &&
+	! grep master output &&
+	! grep branch output &&
+	! grep m2 output &&
+	! grep br2 output
+'
+
 test_expect_success PERL 'difftool --tool-help' '
 	git difftool --tool-help >output &&
 	grep tool output
-- 
2.0.0.12.gbcf935e
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  2. David AguilarOct 27, 2014
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  4. Michael J GruberOct 27, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2014
  6. 1/2 t7800-difftool: use "test_must_fail grep" instead of "! grep"David Aguilar, Oct 27, 2014
  7. 2/2 difftool: add support for --trust-exit-codeDavid Aguilar, Oct 27, 2014
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 27, 2014
  9. David AguilarOct 28, 2014

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