# [PATCH ld/maint-diff-quiet-w] Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")

5 messages from 2010-02-25 to 2010-02-25. Participants: Johannes Sixt, Larry D'Anna, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22816

## Johannes Sixt, 2010-02-25 08:49

Subject: [PATCH ld/maint-diff-quiet-w] Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")
Message-ID: <4B86399E.3090508@viscovery.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4B86399E.3090508%40viscovery.net

```
From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>

An instance of fopen("/dev/null",...) was added to the code base. On
Windows, we have to use "nul" instead. This implements a compatibility
wrapper of fopen() that checks for this particular condition.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
 compat/mingw.c |    8 ++++++++
 compat/mingw.h |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 5edf152..57aec93 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
 	return fd;
 }

+#undef fopen
+FILE *mingw_fopen (const char *filename, const char *otype)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+		filename = "nul";
+	return fopen(filename, otype);
+}
+
 /*
  * The unit of FILETIME is 100-nanoseconds since January 1, 1601, UTC.
  * Returns the 100-nanoseconds ("hekto nanoseconds") since the epoch.
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index f53bcca..e187b04 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
 #define open mingw_open

+FILE *mingw_fopen (const char *filename, const char *otype);
+#define fopen mingw_fopen
+
 char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
 #define getcwd mingw_getcwd

-- 
1.7.0.1285.g1a907.dirty

```

## Larry D'Anna, 2010-02-25 16:20

Subject: Re: [PATCH ld/maint-diff-quiet-w] Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")
Message-ID: <20100225162032.GA3527@cthulhu>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20100225162032.GA3527%40cthulhu
In-Reply-To: <4B86399E.3090508@viscovery.net>

```
* Johannes Sixt (j.sixt@viscovery.net) [100225 03:49]:
> From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
> 
> An instance of fopen("/dev/null",...) was added to the code base. On
> Windows, we have to use "nul" instead. This implements a compatibility
> wrapper of fopen() that checks for this particular condition.

Doesn't store_updated_refs do this too?

        --larry

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2010-02-25 17:03

Subject: Re: [PATCH ld/maint-diff-quiet-w] Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")
Message-ID: <7vtyt59rjg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vtyt59rjg.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <20100225162032.GA3527@cthulhu>

```
Larry D'Anna <larry@elder-gods.org> writes:

> * Johannes Sixt (j.sixt@viscovery.net) [100225 03:49]:
>> From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
>> 
>> An instance of fopen("/dev/null",...) was added to the code base. On
>> Windows, we have to use "nul" instead. This implements a compatibility
>> wrapper of fopen() that checks for this particular condition.
>
> Doesn't store_updated_refs do this too?

I think there is no problem, as the patch covers that case, too.

```

## Johannes Sixt, 2010-02-25 20:03

Subject: [PATCH maint] Windows: redirect f[re]open("/dev/null") to f[re]open("nul")
Message-ID: <4B86D7A0.2010007@viscovery.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/4B86D7A0.2010007%40viscovery.net
In-Reply-To: <7vtyt59rjg.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

```
From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>

On Windows, the equivalent of "/dev/null" is "nul". This implements
compatibility wrappers around fopen() and freopen() that check for this
particular file name.

The new tests exercise code paths where this is relevant.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
---
Junio C Hamano schrieb:
> Larry D'Anna <larry@elder-gods.org> writes:
>> Doesn't store_updated_refs do this too?
> 
> I think there is no problem, as the patch covers that case, too.

Nevertheless, we should do this, but this is now not specific to
ld/maint-diff-quiet-w anymore.

-- Hannes

  compat/mingw.c        |   16 ++++++++++++++++
  compat/mingw.h        |    6 ++++++
  t/t5510-fetch.sh      |    7 +++++++
  t/t6023-merge-file.sh |    4 ++++
  4 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 5edf152..02c6c07 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
  	return fd;
  }

+#undef fopen
+FILE *mingw_fopen (const char *filename, const char *otype)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+		filename = "nul";
+	return fopen(filename, otype);
+}
+
+#undef freopen
+FILE *mingw_freopen (const char *filename, const char *otype, FILE *stream)
+{
+	if (filename && !strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+		filename = "nul";
+	return freopen(filename, otype, stream);
+}
+
  /*
   * The unit of FILETIME is 100-nanoseconds since January 1, 1601, UTC.
   * Returns the 100-nanoseconds ("hekto nanoseconds") since the epoch.
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index f53bcca..3347362 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
  int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
  #define open mingw_open

+FILE *mingw_fopen (const char *filename, const char *otype);
+#define fopen mingw_fopen
+
+FILE *mingw_freopen (const char *filename, const char *otype, FILE *stream);
+#define freopen mingw_freopen
+
  char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
  #define getcwd mingw_getcwd

diff --git a/t/t5510-fetch.sh b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
index 6659972..462fc64 100755
--- a/t/t5510-fetch.sh
+++ b/t/t5510-fetch.sh
@@ -342,6 +342,13 @@ test_expect_success 'fetch into the current branch with --update-head-ok' '

  '

+test_expect_success 'fetch --dry-run' '
+
+	rm -f .git/FETCH_HEAD &&
+	git fetch --dry-run . &&
+	! test -f .git/FETCH_HEAD
+'
+
  test_expect_success "should be able to fetch with duplicate refspecs" '
          mkdir dups &&
          cd dups &&
diff --git a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
index 6291307..d605024 100755
--- a/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
+++ b/t/t6023-merge-file.sh
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ cp new1.txt test.txt
  test_expect_success "merge without conflict" \
  	"git merge-file test.txt orig.txt new2.txt"

+cp new1.txt test.txt
+test_expect_success "merge without conflict (--quiet)" \
+	"git merge-file --quiet test.txt orig.txt new2.txt"
+
  cp new1.txt test2.txt
  test_expect_success "merge without conflict (missing LF at EOF)" \
  	"git merge-file test2.txt orig.txt new2.txt"
-- 
1.7.0.1287.g50986

```

## Junio C Hamano, 2010-02-25 20:16

Subject: Re: [PATCH ld/maint-diff-quiet-w] Windows: redirect fopen("/dev/null") to fopen("nul")
Message-ID: <7vfx4p2hrj.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7vfx4p2hrj.fsf%40alter.siamese.dyndns.org
In-Reply-To: <4B86399E.3090508@viscovery.net>

```
builtin-merge-file.c and daemon.c use freopen() on /dev/null; would it
also need to be wrapped?

```
