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[PATCH v3 1/3] mingw: adjust is_console() to work with stdin

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Dec 22, 2016, 23:16 UTC
Message-ID
<ca4c61c603247c8ad0b876b068f6cd41fbe01667.1482448531.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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When determining whether a handle corresponds to a *real* Win32 Console (as opposed to, say, a character device such as /dev/null), we use the GetConsoleOutputBufferInfo() function as a tell-tale.

However, that does not work for *input* handles associated with a console. Let's just use the GetConsoleMode() function for input handles, and since it does not work on output handles fall back to the previous method for those.

This patch prepares for using is_console() instead of my previous misguided attempt in cbb3f3c9b1 (mingw: intercept isatty() to handle /dev/null as Git expects it, 2016-12-11) that broke everything on Windows.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 compat/winansi.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
index cb725fb02f..590d61cb1b 100644
--- a/compat/winansi.c
+++ b/compat/winansi.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ static void warn_if_raster_font(void)
 static int is_console(int fd)
 {
 	CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO sbi;
+	DWORD mode;
 	HANDLE hcon;
 
 	static int initialized = 0;
@@ -98,7 +99,10 @@ static int is_console(int fd)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* check if its a handle to a console output screen buffer */
-	if (!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hcon, &sbi))
+	if (!fd) {
+		if (!GetConsoleMode(hcon, &mode))
+			return 0;
+	} else if (!GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hcon, &sbi))
 		return 0;
 
 	/* initialize attributes */
-- 
2.11.0.rc3.windows.1
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  1. 0/2 Really fix the isatty() problem on WindowsJohannes Schindelin, Dec 21, 2016
  2. 1/2 mingw: adjust is_console() to work with stdinJohannes Schindelin, Dec 21, 2016
  3. 2/2 mingw: replace isatty() hackJohannes Schindelin, Dec 21, 2016
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2016
  5. Johannes SixtDec 21, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 21, 2016
  7. Johannes SixtDec 22, 2016
  8. Johannes SchindelinDec 22, 2016
  9. 0/3 Really fix the isatty() problem on WindowsJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  10. 2/3 mingw: fix colourization on Cygwin pseudo terminalsJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  11. 3/3 mingw: replace isatty() hackJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  12. Johannes SixtDec 22, 2016
  13. Johannes SchindelinDec 22, 2016
  14. Johannes SixtDec 22, 2016
  15. Johannes SchindelinDec 22, 2016
  16. 1/3 mingw: adjust is_console() to work with stdinJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  17. Beat BolliDec 22, 2016
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2016
  19. Johannes SchindelinDec 23, 2016
  20. Beat BolliDec 23, 2016
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2016
  22. Johannes SchindelinDec 22, 2016
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2016
  24. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2016
  25. 0/3 Really fix the isatty() problem on WindowsJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  26. 1/3 mingw: adjust is_console() to work with stdinJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  27. 2/3 mingw: fix colourization on Cygwin pseudo terminalsJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  28. 3/3 mingw: replace isatty() hackJohannes Schindelin, Dec 22, 2016
  29. Johannes SchindelinJan 18, 2017

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