common-main.c

   1 #include "cache.h"
   2 #include "exec-cmd.h"
   3 #include "attr.h"
   4
   5 /*
   6  * Many parts of Git have subprograms communicate via pipe, expect the
   7  * upstream of a pipe to die with SIGPIPE when the downstream of a
   8  * pipe does not need to read all that is written.  Some third-party
   9  * programs that ignore or block SIGPIPE for their own reason forget
  10  * to restore SIGPIPE handling to the default before spawning Git and
  11  * break this carefully orchestrated machinery.
  12  *
  13  * Restore the way SIGPIPE is handled to default, which is what we
  14  * expect.
  15  */
  16 static void restore_sigpipe_to_default(void)
  17 {
  18         sigset_t unblock;
  19
  20         sigemptyset(&unblock);
  21         sigaddset(&unblock, SIGPIPE);
  22         sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &unblock, NULL);
  23         signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
  24 }
  25
  26 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
  27 {
  28         /*
  29          * Always open file descriptors 0/1/2 to avoid clobbering files
  30          * in die().  It also avoids messing up when the pipes are dup'ed
  31          * onto stdin/stdout/stderr in the child processes we spawn.
  32          */
  33         sanitize_stdfds();
  34
  35         git_resolve_executable_dir(argv[0]);
  36
  37         git_setup_gettext();
  38
  39         initialize_the_repository();
  40
  41         attr_start();
  42
  43         restore_sigpipe_to_default();
  44
  45         return cmd_main(argc, argv);
  46 }