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2022-02-23terminal: pop signal handler when terminal is restoredLibravatar Phillip Wood1-0/+8
When disable_bits() changes the terminal attributes it uses sigchain_push_common() to restore the terminal if a signal is received before restore_term() is called. However there is no corresponding call to sigchain_pop_common() when the settings are restored so the signal handler is left on the sigchain stack. This leaves the stack unbalanced so code such as sigchain_push_common(my_handler); ... read_key_without_echo(...); ... sigchain_pop_common(); pops the handler pushed by disable_bits() rather than the one it intended to. Additionally "git add -p" changes the terminal settings every time it reads a key press so the stack can grow significantly. In order to fix this save_term() now sets up the signal handler so restore_term() can unconditionally call sigchain_pop_common(). There are no callers of save_term() outside of terminal.c as the only external caller was removed by e3f7e01b50 ("Revert "editor: save and reset terminal after calling EDITOR"", 2021-11-22). Any future callers of save_term() should benefit from having the signal handler set up for them. Signed-off-by: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2021-10-06terminal: teach git how to save/restore its terminal settingsLibravatar Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón1-0/+3
Currently, git will share its console with all its children (unless they create their own), and is therefore possible that any of them that might change the settings for it could affect its operations once completed. Refactor the platform specific functionality to save the terminal settings and expand it to also do so for the output handler. This will allow for the state of the terminal to be saved and restored around a child that might misbehave (ex vi) which will be implemented next. Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2020-01-15terminal: add a new function to read a single keystrokeLibravatar Johannes Schindelin1-0/+3
Typically, input on the command-line is line-based. It is actually not really easy to get single characters (or better put: keystrokes). We provide two implementations here: - One that handles `/dev/tty` based systems as well as native Windows. The former uses the `tcsetattr()` function to put the terminal into "raw mode", which allows us to read individual keystrokes, one by one. The latter uses `stty.exe` to do the same, falling back to direct Win32 Console access. Thanks to the refactoring leading up to this commit, this is a single function, with the platform-specific details hidden away in conditionally-compiled code blocks. - A fall-back which simply punts and reads back an entire line. Note that the function writes the keystroke into an `strbuf` rather than a `char`, in preparation for reading Escape sequences (e.g. when the user hit an arrow key). This is also required for UTF-8 sequences in case the keystroke corresponds to a non-ASCII letter. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2011-12-12add generic terminal prompt functionLibravatar Jeff King1-0/+6
When we need to prompt the user for input interactively, we want to access their terminal directly. We can't rely on stdio because it may be connected to pipes or files, rather than the terminal. Instead, we use "getpass()", because it abstracts the idea of prompting and reading from the terminal. However, it has some problems: 1. It never echoes the typed characters, which makes it OK for passwords but annoying for other input (like usernames). 2. Some implementations of getpass() have an extremely small input buffer (e.g., Solaris 8 is reported to support only 8 characters). 3. Some implementations of getpass() will fall back to reading from stdin (e.g., glibc). We explicitly don't want this, because our stdin may be connected to a pipe speaking a particular protocol, and reading will disrupt the protocol flow (e.g., the remote-curl helper). 4. Some implementations of getpass() turn off signals, so that hitting "^C" on the terminal does not break out of the password prompt. This can be a mild annoyance. Instead, let's provide an abstract "git_terminal_prompt" function that addresses these concerns. This patch includes an implementation based on /dev/tty, enabled by setting HAVE_DEV_TTY. The fallback is to use getpass() as before. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>