launch_editor(): indicate that Git waits for user input

[thirdparty/git.git] / editor.c

diff --git a/editor.c b/editor.c
index c65ea698eb70ec828b3b3265a5630fca664f5810..9a9b4e12d1db7f8ec2f4f99d9a5f348b680cecc3 100644 (file)
--- a/editor.c
+++ b/editor.c
@@ -45,6 +45,23 @@ int launch_editor(const char *path, struct strbuf *buffer, const char *const *en
                const char *args[] = { editor, real_path(path), NULL };
                struct child_process p = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
                int ret, sig;
+               int print_waiting_for_editor = advice_waiting_for_editor && isatty(2);
+
+               if (print_waiting_for_editor) {
+                       /*
+                        * A dumb terminal cannot erase the line later on. Add a
+                        * newline to separate the hint from subsequent output.
+                        *
+                        * Make sure that our message is separated with a whitespace
+                        * from further cruft that may be written by the editor.
+                        */
+                       const char term = is_terminal_dumb() ? '\n' : ' ';
+
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               _("hint: Waiting for your editor to close the file...%c"),
+                               term);
+                       fflush(stderr);
+               }
 
                p.argv = args;
                p.env = env;
@@ -63,6 +80,13 @@ int launch_editor(const char *path, struct strbuf *buffer, const char *const *en
                if (ret)
                        return error("There was a problem with the editor '%s'.",
                                        editor);
+
+               if (print_waiting_for_editor && !is_terminal_dumb())
+                       /*
+                        * Go back to the beginning and erase the entire line to
+                        * avoid wasting the vertical space.
+                        */
+                       fputs("\r\033[K", stderr);
        }
 
        if (!buffer)