Re: [PATCH 1/2] git_mkstemps: correctly test return value of open()

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Dale R. Worley [off-list ref] wrote:

I've been looking into writing a proper test for this patch.  My first
attempt tests the symptom that was seen initially, that "git commit"
fails if fd 0 is closed.

One problem is how to arrange for fd 0 to be closed.  I could use the
bash redirection "<&-", but I think you want to be more portable than
that.

That's just a plain-vanilla part of POSIX shell behaviour, no?

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