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[PATCH v4 3/4] pager: introduce wait_for_pager

From
Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 15, 2024, 20:21 UTC
Message-ID
<bbdce408-230e-497a-ae05-ad9be8f3e70a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<a70bddd4-ef2d-488e-a2cf-48515f5df357@gmail.com>

Since f67b45f862 (Introduce trivial new pager.c helper infrastructure, 2006-02-28) we have the machinery to send our output to a pager.

That machinery, once set up, does not allow us to regain the original stdio streams.

In the interactive commands (i.e.: add -p) we want to use the pager for some output, while maintaining the interaction with the user.

Modify the pager machinery so that we can use setup_pager and, once we've finished sending the desired output for the pager, wait for the pager termination using a new function wait_for_pager. Make this function reset the pager machinery before returning.

Signed-off-by: Rubén Justo <rjusto@gmail.com>
---
 pager.c | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 pager.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index 251adfc2ad..bea4345f6f 100644
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int pager_use_color = 1;
 
 static struct child_process pager_process;
 static char *pager_program;
-static int close_fd2;
+static int old_fd1 = -1, old_fd2 = -1;
 
 /* Is the value coming back from term_columns() just a guess? */
 static int term_columns_guessed;
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ static void close_pager_fds(void)
 {
 	/* signal EOF to pager */
 	close(1);
-	if (close_fd2)
+	if (old_fd2 != -1)
 		close(2);
 }
 
-static void wait_for_pager_atexit(void)
+static void finish_pager(void)
 {
 	fflush(stdout);
 	fflush(stderr);
@@ -36,8 +36,34 @@ static void wait_for_pager_atexit(void)
 	finish_command(&pager_process);
 }
 
+static void wait_for_pager_atexit(void)
+{
+	if (old_fd1 == -1)
+		return;
+
+	finish_pager();
+}
+
+void wait_for_pager(void)
+{
+	finish_pager();
+	sigchain_pop_common();
+	unsetenv("GIT_PAGER_IN_USE");
+	dup2(old_fd1, 1);
+	close(old_fd1);
+	old_fd1 = -1;
+	if (old_fd2 != -1) {
+		dup2(old_fd2, 2);
+		close(old_fd2);
+		old_fd2 = -1;
+	}
+}
+
 static void wait_for_pager_signal(int signo)
 {
+	if (old_fd1 == -1)
+		return;
+
 	close_pager_fds();
 	finish_command_in_signal(&pager_process);
 	sigchain_pop(signo);
@@ -113,6 +139,7 @@ void prepare_pager_args(struct child_process *pager_process, const char *pager)
 
 void setup_pager(void)
 {
+	static int once = 0;
 	const char *pager = git_pager(isatty(1));
 
 	if (!pager)
@@ -142,16 +169,20 @@ void setup_pager(void)
 		die("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
 
 	/* original process continues, but writes to the pipe */
+	old_fd1 = dup(1);
 	dup2(pager_process.in, 1);
 	if (isatty(2)) {
-		close_fd2 = 1;
+		old_fd2 = dup(2);
 		dup2(pager_process.in, 2);
 	}
 	close(pager_process.in);
 
-	/* this makes sure that the parent terminates after the pager */
 	sigchain_push_common(wait_for_pager_signal);
-	atexit(wait_for_pager_atexit);
+
+	if (!once) {
+		once++;
+		atexit(wait_for_pager_atexit);
+	}
 }
 
 int pager_in_use(void)
diff --git a/pager.h b/pager.h
index b77433026d..103ecac476 100644
--- a/pager.h
+++ b/pager.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ struct child_process;
 
 const char *git_pager(int stdout_is_tty);
 void setup_pager(void);
+void wait_for_pager(void);
 int pager_in_use(void);
 int term_columns(void);
 void term_clear_line(void);
-- 
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  1. 0/4 use the pager in 'add -p'Rubén Justo, Jul 12, 2024
  2. 1/4 add-patch: test for 'p' commandRubén Justo, Jul 12, 2024
  3. 2/4 pager: do not close fd 2 unnecessarilyRubén Justo, Jul 12, 2024
  4. 3/4 pager: introduce wait_for_pagerRubén Justo, Jul 12, 2024
  5. Phillip WoodJul 12, 2024
  6. 4/4 add-patch: render hunks through the pagerRubén Justo, Jul 12, 2024
  7. Dragan SimicJul 12, 2024
  8. Phillip WoodJul 12, 2024
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  11. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2024
  12. phillip.wood123@gmail.comJul 13, 2024
  13. Rubén JustoJul 13, 2024
  14. Dragan SimicJul 12, 2024
  15. 0/4 use the pager in 'add -p'Rubén Justo, Jul 13, 2024
  16. 1/4 add-patch: test for 'p' commandRubén Justo, Jul 13, 2024
  17. 2/4 pager: do not close fd 2 unnecessarilyRubén Justo, Jul 13, 2024
  18. 3/4 pager: introduce wait_for_pagerRubén Justo, Jul 13, 2024
  19. 4/4 add-patch: render hunks through the pagerRubén Justo, Jul 13, 2024
  20. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2024
  21. Rubén JustoJul 13, 2024
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 14, 2024
  23. 0/4 use the pager in 'add -p'Rubén Justo, Jul 14, 2024
  24. 1/4 add-patch: test for 'p' commandRubén Justo, Jul 14, 2024
  25. 2/4 pager: do not close fd 2 unnecessarilyRubén Justo, Jul 14, 2024
  26. 4/4 add-patch: render hunks through the pagerRubén Justo, Jul 14, 2024
  27. Phillip WoodJul 15, 2024
  28. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2024
  29. Rubén JustoJul 17, 2024
  30. phillip.wood123@gmail.comJul 17, 2024
  31. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2024
  32. Eric SunshineJul 17, 2024
  33. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2024
  34. Rubén JustoJul 20, 2024
  35. Eric SunshineJul 22, 2024
  36. Rubén JustoJul 22, 2024
  37. phillip.wood123@gmail.comJul 18, 2024
  38. Junio C HamanoJul 17, 2024
  39. phillip.wood123@gmail.comJul 18, 2024
  40. Rubén JustoJul 20, 2024
  41. Rubén JustoJul 20, 2024
  42. Phillip WoodJul 22, 2024
  43. Rubén JustoJul 22, 2024
  44. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2024
  45. Rubén JustoJul 22, 2024
  46. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2024
  47. Re* [PATCH v3 4/4] add-patch: render hunks through the pagerJunio C Hamano, Jul 22, 2024
  48. Rubén JustoJul 22, 2024
  49. Kyle LippincottJul 22, 2024
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  52. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2024
  53. Rubén JustoJul 22, 2024
  54. 1/2 t3701: avoid one-shot export for shell functionsRubén Justo, Jul 22, 2024
  55. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2024
  56. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2024
  57. 2/2 pager: make wait_for_pager a no-op for "cat"Rubén Justo, Jul 22, 2024
  58. Junio C HamanoJul 22, 2024
  59. phillip.wood123@gmail.comJul 18, 2024
  60. Rubén JustoJul 20, 2024
  61. 3/4 pager: introduce wait_for_pagerRubén Justo, Jul 14, 2024
  62. Phillip WoodJul 15, 2024
  63. Rubén JustoJul 15, 2024
  64. phillip.wood123@gmail.comJul 17, 2024
  65. 0/4 add-patch: render hunks through the pagerRubén Justo, Jul 15, 2024
  66. 1/4 add-patch: test for 'p' commandRubén Justo, Jul 15, 2024
  67. 2/4 pager: do not close fd 2 unnecessarilyRubén Justo, Jul 15, 2024
  68. 3/4 pager: introduce wait_for_pagerRubén Justo, Jul 15, 2024
  69. 4/4 add-patch: render hunks through the pagerRubén Justo, Jul 15, 2024

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