1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 4359086fd..6104d5eef 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -525,6 +525,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **av)
 	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();
 
 	/*