[Intel-gfx] [PATCH maintainer-tools] dim: Remove git commit --amend from dim_apply

[Ander Conselvan De Oliveira]

On Fri, 2015-11-13 at 15:07 +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> On 13/11/15 14:40, Ander Conselvan De Oliveira wrote:
> > On Fri, 2015-11-13 at 12:31 +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
> > > On 13/11/15 12:16, Chris Wilson wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 02:05:39PM +0200, Ander Conselvan de Oliveira
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Calling git --amend invokes the editor, which will not run if it
> > > > > relies
> > > > > on the terminal for input. So don't do that from dim_apply.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ander Conselvan de Oliveira <
> > > > > ander.conselvan.de.oliveira at intel.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Presumable the ammend is there for a good reason and removing it keeps
> > > > the state dirty? So maybe --amend --no-edit?
> > > 
> > > In either case can also consider "test -t 0" which is like isatty(0).
> > 
> > I think that will always evaluate to false since you are supposed to cat the
> > mbox to dim apply.
> 
> Question is then how does it work for Daniel. :)

If I understood correctly he uses gvim, which doesn't run on a terminal.

Ander