On Thu, Feb 07, 2008 at 07:40:21PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Dmitry Potapov wrote: > > > >> git-help--browse uses 'nohup' to launch some browsers. > > > > Why? > > > > "nohup" should be used to start a program that should persist even after > > you logged out. I fail to see how this should be sensible for "git help > > -w". So "off with the head", uh, do away with the "nohup", I say! > > True. Christian, what was the reason you added nohup? > I would imagine if you did this: > > (1) open a new xterm; > > (2) in that xterm, run the browser, perhaps from > git-help--browse, but without nohup, in the > background; > > (3) exit the terminal > > then the browser might get upset, losing its controlling > terminal. I also thought so, therefore, I suggested to redict the output to /dev/null instead of removing "nohup", but now after some testing, it seems there is no need for "nohup" here. So, unless Christian has a good reason for "nohup", I agree with Johannes that "nohup" should be removed. Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
