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Re: [PATCH 0/2] protect git from a rogue editor

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 4, 2021, 16:38 UTC
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Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón  <carenas@gmail.com> writes:
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> The following series, expands git's terminal support to allow for
> saving/restoring its settings around an EDITOR call.
>
> The reason why that might be useful has been documented[1] by Windows
> users that had found themselves not able to read clearly the messages
> printed by git after a commit (or a rebase) when the default EDITOR
> failed to reset the terminal settings completely.

Sounds sensible. I do not think it is limited to Windows---I think I've caused vi crash to get me into an non-echoing terminal myself non some variant of UNIX before Linux era ;-)

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Message 11 of 14 in “protect git from a rogue editor”
  1. 0/2 protect git from a rogue editorCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 2, 2021
  2. 1/2 terminal: teach git how to save/restore its terminal settingsCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 2, 2021
  3. 2/2 editor: save and reset terminal after calling EDITORCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 2, 2021
  4. 0/2 protect git from a rogue editorCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 4, 2021
  5. 1/2 terminal: teach git how to save/restore its terminal settingsCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 4, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2021
  7. Carlo ArenasOct 4, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2021
  9. Carlo ArenasOct 4, 2021
  10. 2/2 editor: save and reset terminal after calling EDITORCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 4, 2021
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2021
  12. 0/2 protect git from a rogue editorCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 5, 2021
  13. 1/2 terminal: teach git how to save/restore its terminal settingsCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 5, 2021
  14. 2/2 editor: save and reset terminal after calling EDITORCarlo Marcelo Arenas Belón, Oct 5, 2021

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