From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 20:36:14 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: maint: commit-msg: fix terminal corruption when re-editing
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=47b58df1bb5ad6c856d11cdd98aa3ce48d5e473f;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

maint: commit-msg: fix terminal corruption when re-editing

* scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg: Explicitly connect the editor to
/dev/tty, so that it can restore terminal settings appropriately.
---

diff --git a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg b/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
index bdea8c38d3..05dce1ebb9 100755
--- a/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/scripts/git-hooks/commit-msg
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sub re_edit($)
 
   warn "Interrupt (Ctrl-C) to abort...\n";
 
-  system 'sh', '-c', "$editor $log_file";
+  system 'sh', '-c', "$editor $log_file </dev/tty >/dev/tty 2>&1";
   ($? & 127) || ($? >> 8)
     and die "$ME: $log_file: the editor ($editor) failed, aborting\n";
 }