Re: [PATCH 1/1] Use correct /dev/null for UNIX and Windows

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

"chris via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> From: chris <chris@webstech.net>
>
> Use File::Spec->devnull() for output redirection to avoid messages
> when Windows version of Perl is first in path.  The message 'The

Dscho, "Windows version of Perl is first in path" somehow feels
contradicting with what one of the topics I saw from you were trying
to enforce (or, at least, "set as the supported configuration").

I am guessing that the Perl you are building and shipping with Git
for Windows would yield what the shell that ends up running the
scriptlet `git config --get-color $key` prefers when asked for
File::Spec->devnull(), and nothing will break with this patch even
if that is "/dev/null", but I thought I'd double check.

Thanks.

> system cannot find the path specified.' is displayed each time git is
> run to get colors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chris. Webster <chris@webstech.net>
> ---
>  contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm b/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm
> index 536754583..7440aa1c4 100644
> --- a/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm
> +++ b/contrib/diff-highlight/DiffHighlight.pm
> @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ use 5.008;
>  use warnings FATAL => 'all';
>  use strict;
>  
> +# Use the correct value for both UNIX and Windows (/dev/null vs nul)
> +use File::Spec;
> +
> +my $NULL = File::Spec->devnull();
> +
>  # Highlight by reversing foreground and background. You could do
>  # other things like bold or underline if you prefer.
>  my @OLD_HIGHLIGHT = (
> @@ -134,7 +139,7 @@ sub highlight_stdin {
>  # fallback, which means we will work even if git can't be run.
>  sub color_config {
>  	my ($key, $default) = @_;
> -	my $s = `git config --get-color $key 2>/dev/null`;
> +	my $s = `git config --get-color $key 2>$NULL`;
>  	return length($s) ? $s : $default;
>  }