From e8320f350f523c3219ff8ec639663193941af57d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff King Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 04:56:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] pager: drop "wait for output to run less" hack Commit 35ce862 (pager: Work around window resizing bug in 'less', 2007-01-24) causes git's pager sub-process to wait to receive input after forking but before exec-ing the pager. To handle this, run-command had to grow a "pre-exec callback" feature. Unfortunately, this feature does not work at all on Windows (where we do not fork), and interacts poorly with run-command's parent notification system. Its use should be discouraged. The bug in less was fixed in version 406, which was released in June 2007. It is probably safe at this point to remove our workaround. That lets us rip out the preexec_cb feature entirely. Signed-off-by: Jeff King Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- pager.c | 18 ------------------ run-command.c | 10 ---------- run-command.h | 1 - 3 files changed, 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c index 4dcb08d96..c0b4387d9 100644 --- a/pager.c +++ b/pager.c @@ -11,21 +11,6 @@ * something different on Windows. */ -#ifndef WIN32 -static void pager_preexec(void) -{ - /* - * Work around bug in "less" by not starting it until we - * have real input - */ - fd_set in; - - FD_ZERO(&in); - FD_SET(0, &in); - select(1, &in, NULL, &in, NULL); -} -#endif - static const char *pager_argv[] = { NULL, NULL }; static struct child_process pager_process; @@ -93,9 +78,6 @@ void setup_pager(void) static const char *env[] = { "LESS=FRSX", NULL }; pager_process.env = env; } -#ifndef WIN32 - pager_process.preexec_cb = pager_preexec; -#endif if (start_command(&pager_process)) return; diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c index 606791dc6..dff28a7fc 100644 --- a/run-command.c +++ b/run-command.c @@ -394,16 +394,6 @@ fail_pipe: unsetenv(*cmd->env); } } - if (cmd->preexec_cb) { - /* - * We cannot predict what the pre-exec callback does. - * Forgo parent notification. - */ - close(child_notifier); - child_notifier = -1; - - cmd->preexec_cb(); - } if (cmd->git_cmd) { execv_git_cmd(cmd->argv); } else if (cmd->use_shell) { diff --git a/run-command.h b/run-command.h index 44f7d2bd4..850c638f1 100644 --- a/run-command.h +++ b/run-command.h @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ struct child_process { unsigned stdout_to_stderr:1; unsigned use_shell:1; unsigned clean_on_exit:1; - void (*preexec_cb)(void); }; int start_command(struct child_process *); -- 2.26.2