From 58f9ced88da75b70eb3d9ddff8f616d1ce89f249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2017 11:48:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] diff: munmap() file contents before running external diff When running an external diff from, say, a diff tool, it is safe to assume that we want to write the files in question. On Windows, that means that there cannot be any other process holding an open handle to said files. So let's make sure that `git diff` itself is not holding any open handle to the files in question. This fixes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/1315 Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- diff.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c index 2068b1c06e..a8643ccf98 100644 --- a/diff.c +++ b/diff.c @@ -4206,6 +4206,10 @@ static void run_external_diff(const char *pgm, argv_array_pushf(&env, "GIT_DIFF_PATH_COUNTER=%d", ++o->diff_path_counter); argv_array_pushf(&env, "GIT_DIFF_PATH_TOTAL=%d", q->nr); + if (one && one->should_munmap) + diff_free_filespec_data(one); + if (two && two->should_munmap) + diff_free_filespec_data(two); if (run_command_v_opt_cd_env(argv.argv, RUN_USING_SHELL, NULL, env.argv)) die(_("external diff died, stopping at %s"), name);