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Re: [PATCH v1 1/8] compat/terminal: let prompt accept input from pipe

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
May 11, 2021, 03:38 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 06:18:36AM +0200, Firmin Martin wrote:
>
>> > Looking at the second patch, the motivation here seems to be to use
>> > git_prompt() for another run-of-the-mill prompt. But the right answer
>> > is: don't do that. In fact, we recently-ish removed a similar case in
>> > 97387c8bdd (am: read interactive input from stdin, 2019-05-20) that was
>> > likewise causing problems with the test suite.
>> 
>> I actually inspired myself from the two occurrences of git_prompt in
>> builtin/bisect--helper.c introduced in 09535f056b (bisect--helper:
>> reimplement `bisect_autostart` shell function in C, 2020-09-24).
>> Not sure if they should also be converted to a simple fgets.
>
> Yes, I think they should be switched.

OK, that is because in the context of a "bisect" session, we won't be feeding any real data from its standard input, unlike "git am" that may well be eating a patch stream from its standard input stream. If so, makes sense.

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Message 8 of 34 in “format-patch: introduce --confirm-overwrite”
  1. 0/8 format-patch: introduce --confirm-overwriteFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  2. 1/8 compat/terminal: let prompt accept input from pipeFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2021
  4. Jeff KingMay 7, 2021
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2021
  6. Firmin MartinMay 10, 2021
  7. Jeff KingMay 10, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2021
  9. Jeff KingMay 11, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2021
  11. Jeff KingMay 11, 2021
  12. 2/8 format-patch: confirmation whenever patches existFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  13. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2021
  14. Firmin MartinMay 10, 2021
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2021
  16. Firmin MartinMay 11, 2021
  17. 3/8 format-patch: add config option confirmOverwriteFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  18. 4/8 format-patch: add the option --confirm-overwriteFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  19. 5/8 t4014: test patches overwrite confirmationFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  20. 6/8 t4014: fix tests overwriting cover letter in silentFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  21. 7/8 doc/format-patch: describe --confirm-overwriteFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  22. Bagas SanjayaMay 7, 2021
  23. Firmin MartinMay 10, 2021
  24. 8/8 config/format: describe format.confirmOverwriteFirmin Martin, May 6, 2021
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2021
  26. Firmin MartinMay 11, 2021
  27. Felipe ContrerasMay 7, 2021
  28. Denton LiuMay 7, 2021
  29. Firmin MartinMay 11, 2021
  30. Felipe ContrerasMay 11, 2021
  31. Felipe ContrerasMay 11, 2021
  32. Sergey OrganovMay 7, 2021
  33. Firmin MartinMay 11, 2021
  34. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 10, 2021

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