start_command(), .in/.out/.err = -1: Callers must close the file descriptor

By setting .in, .out, or .err members of struct child_process to -1, the
callers of start_command() can request that a pipe is allocated that talks
to the child process and one end is returned by replacing -1 with the
file descriptor.

Previously, a flag was set (for .in and .out, but not .err) to signal
finish_command() to close the pipe end that start_command() had handed out,
so it was optional for callers to close the pipe, and many already do so.
Now we make it mandatory to close the pipe.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-fetch-pack.c b/builtin-fetch-pack.c
index f40135248..5ea48ca7d 100644
--- a/builtin-fetch-pack.c
+++ b/builtin-fetch-pack.c
@@ -538,8 +538,10 @@ static int get_pack(int xd[2], char **pack_lockfile)
 	cmd.git_cmd = 1;
 	if (start_command(&cmd))
 		die("fetch-pack: unable to fork off %s", argv[0]);
-	if (do_keep && pack_lockfile)
+	if (do_keep && pack_lockfile) {
 		*pack_lockfile = index_pack_lockfile(cmd.out);
+		close(cmd.out);
+	}
 
 	if (finish_command(&cmd))
 		die("%s failed", argv[0]);