Re: [PATCH 0/1] Fix a long-standing isatty() problem on Windows

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 12, 2016, 16:46 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq8trlnlhn.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1612121052310.23160@virtualbox>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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>> This is a great find, and a very impactful fix, as redirecting from
>> /dev/null is how we try to force a "go interactive if talking to
>> tty" program to realize that it is not talking to a tty.
>
> Can we fast-track this to maint?

Yes, "fast-track" is a good phrase, as there is not much point cooking a subsystem specific fix like this one that came directly from a subsystem maintainer in 'next' for 1/2 to 2 weeks as usual.

Let's make sure that the first maintenance release won't ship without merging this.

Thanks.