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By default, CreateProcess() does not inherit any open file handles, unless the bInheritHandles parameter is set to TRUE. Which we do need to set because we need to pass in stdin/stdout/stderr to talk to the child processes. Sadly, this means that all file handles (unless marked via O_NOINHERIT) are inherited. This lead to problems in GVFS Git, where a long-running read-object hook is used to hydrate missing objects, and depending on the circumstances, might only be called *after* Git opened a file handle. Ideally, we would not open files without O_NOINHERIT unless *really* necessary (i.e. when we want to pass the opened file handle as standard handle into a child process), but apparently it is all-too-easy to introduce incorrect open() calls: this happened, and prevented updating a file after the read-object hook was started because the hook still held a handle on said file. Happily, there is a solution: as described in the "Old New Thing" https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20111216-00/?p=8873 there is a way, starting with Windows Vista, that lets us define precisely which handles should be inherited by the child process. And since we bumped the minimum Windows version for use with Git for Windows to Vista with v2.10.1 (i.e. a *long* time ago), we can use this method. So let's do exactly that. We need to make sure that the list of handles to inherit does not contain duplicates; Otherwise CreateProcessW() would fail with ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT. While at it, stop setting errno to ENOENT unless it really is the correct value. Also, fall back to not limiting handle inheritance under certain error conditions (e.g. on Windows 7, which is a lot stricter in what handles you can specify to limit to). Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://public-inbox.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks