Re: preparing for 2.34.1
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-22 22:42:22
Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:
The quickest workaround for this is probably to special-case the editor `echo`:
"GIT_EDITOR=: git cmd" would also be a common trick people would use to bypass editor and take whatever is given as an initial template.
However, I could imagine that other scenarios call for an editor that _also_ does not run in the terminal, and where also no real terminal is available for saving and restoring. I was tempted to suggest an `isatty(2)`, but that probably comes with its own problems, too.
I think isatty(2) is pretty much our synonym to "are we talking to an end-user sitting in front of the terminal". Mostly we use it as a way to control the progress bars, and use of editor on terminal would be in line with these existing uses.