Re: [PATCH v10 13/14] convert: add filter.<driver>.process option

From: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
Date: Oct 9, 2016, 05:32 UTC
Message-ID: <a80f6399-b344-b979-d849-1dc7f899fabe@web.de>
In-Reply-To: <e09a63ee-dad2-a8fb-e47f-0559d9507e1c@gmail.com>

On 09.10.16 01:06, Jakub Narębski wrote:

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>> +------------------------
>> > +packet:          git< status=abort
>> > +packet:          git< 0000
>> > +------------------------
>> > +
>> > +After the filter has processed a blob it is expected to wait for
>> > +the next "key=value" list containing a command. Git will close
>> > +the command pipe on exit. The filter is expected to detect EOF
>> > +and exit gracefully on its own.
> Any "kill filter" solutions should probably be put here.  I guess
> that filter exiting means EOF on its standard output when read
> by Git command, isn't it?
>

Isn't it that Git closes the command pipe, then filter sees EOF on it's stdin

and does a graceful exit.