git: ensure 0/1/2 are open in main()

Not having an open FD in the 0--2 range can lead to strange results,
for example, a subsequent open() may return 2 (stderr) and then a
die() would clobber this file.

git-daemon and git-shell already guarded against this, but apparently
users also manage to trip over it in other git commands.  So we call
sanitize_stdfds() during main git startup.

Since these FDs are inherited, this covers all use of 'git foo ...',
and all internal C commands when called directly.  It does not fix
shell/perl commands called directly.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This commit is contained in:
Thomas Rast 2013-07-16 11:27:37 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent 1d999ddd1d
commit a11c39646c

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git.c
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@ -505,6 +505,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
if (!cmd)
cmd = "git-help";
/*
* Always open file descriptors 0/1/2 to avoid clobbering files
* in die(). It also avoids messing up when the pipes are dup'ed
* onto stdin/stdout/stderr in the child processes we spawn.
*/
sanitize_stdfds();
git_setup_gettext();
/*