From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org,
"Johannes Schindelin" <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
마누엘 <nalla@hamal.uberspace.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clean: explicitly `fflush` stdout
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2020 16:14:54 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200408201454.GB2270445@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.755.git.git.1586374380709.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 07:33:00PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: =?UTF-8?q?=EB=A7=88=EB=88=84=EC=97=98?= <nalla@hamal.uberspace.de>
>
> For performance reasons `stdout` is buffered by default. That leads to
> problems if after printing to `stdout` a read on `stdin` is performed.
This first paragraph left me scratching my head. It's only a problem for
interactive uses, right? Would:
This can lead to problems for interactive commands which write a
prompt to `stdout` and then read user input on `stdin`. If the prompt
is left in the buffer, the user will not realize the program is
waiting for their input.
make sense?
> For that reason interactive commands like `git clean -i` do not function
> properly anymore if the `stdout` is not flushed by `fflush(stdout)` before
> trying to read from `stdin`.
I'm not sure I understand this "anymore". Did the buffering change at
some point, introducing a regression?
> So let's precede all reads on `stdin` in `git clean -i` by flushing
> `stdout`.
This (and the patch) make sense to me. It might be worth factoring out a
"read input from user" function and putting the flush there, but with
only three affected call sites, I'm OK with it either way.
> This is yet another patch that was funneled through a Git for Windows
> PR. It has served us well for almost five years now, and it is beyond
> time that it find its final home in core Git.
Agreed. I guess it didn't affect people on other platforms much because
stdout to a terminal is generally line-buffered on POSIX systems. But
it's better not to rely on that, plus it could create confusion if
somebody tried to manipulate the interactive operation through a pipe
(e.g., driving it from a GUI or something).
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-08 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-08 19:33 [PATCH] clean: explicitly `fflush` stdout Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-04-08 20:14 ` Jeff King [this message]
2020-04-08 21:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-08 22:38 ` Jeff King
2020-04-10 14:03 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-10 11:27 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Explicitly fflush stdout in git clean Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-04-10 11:27 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] Refactor code asking the user for input interactively Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-04-10 12:27 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-10 14:01 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-04-10 15:07 ` Jeff King
2020-04-10 17:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-10 11:27 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] Explicitly `fflush` stdout before expecting interactive input 마누엘 via GitGitGadget
2020-04-10 12:28 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-10 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Explicitly fflush stdout in git clean Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-04-10 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] Refactor code asking the user for input interactively Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-04-10 18:16 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] Explicitly `fflush` stdout before expecting interactive input 마누엘 via GitGitGadget
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