From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:46:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/1] Fix a long-standing isatty() problem on Windows
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:

>> 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.