3 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index ab65f77ab9..c5bfb39b39 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -140,6 +140,22 @@ int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...)
 	return fd;
 }
 
+#undef fopen
+FILE *mingw_fopen (const char *filename, const char *otype)
+{
+	if (!strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+		filename = "nul";
+	return fopen(filename, otype);
+}
+
+#undef freopen
+FILE *mingw_freopen (const char *filename, const char *otype, FILE *stream)
+{
+	if (filename && !strcmp(filename, "/dev/null"))
+		filename = "nul";
+	return freopen(filename, otype, stream);
+}
+
 /*
  * The unit of FILETIME is 100-nanoseconds since January 1, 1601, UTC.
  * Returns the 100-nanoseconds ("hekto nanoseconds") since the epoch.
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index e254fb4e06..e81e752ed2 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ int link(const char *oldpath, const char *newpath);
 int mingw_open (const char *filename, int oflags, ...);
 #define open mingw_open
 
+FILE *mingw_fopen (const char *filename, const char *otype);
+#define fopen mingw_fopen
+
+FILE *mingw_freopen (const char *filename, const char *otype, FILE *stream);
+#define freopen mingw_freopen
+
 char *mingw_getcwd(char *pointer, int len);
 #define getcwd mingw_getcwd
 
diff --git a/compat/win32/pthread.c b/compat/win32/pthread.c
index 5fc1670bee..0f949fc425 100644
--- a/compat/win32/pthread.c
+++ b/compat/win32/pthread.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2009 Andrzej K. Haczewski <ahaczewski@gmail.com>
  *
- * DISCLAMER: The implementation is Git-specific, it is subset of original
+ * DISCLAIMER: The implementation is Git-specific, it is subset of original
  * Pthreads API, without lots of other features that Git doesn't use.
  * Git also makes sure that the passed arguments are valid, so there's
  * no need for double-checking.