Re: [PATCH] fast-import: checkpoint: dump branches/tags/marks even if object_count==0

> Eric Rannaud <e@nanocritical.com> writes:
>
>> Doesn't fast-import get a copy of 8 (open for both reading and
>> writing), as a child process, and exec 8>&- only closes the copy of
>> the file descriptor in the parent shell, so the named pipe remains
>> open for writing somewhere (in the fast-import process itself, in
>> fact), therefore fast-import will not find EOF on its stdin?
>
> AHHHHhhhh.  If that was done intentionally, well, I really have to
> marvel at the cleverness of the solution!  It makes sense now to me.