#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <signal.h>
#include "cache.h"
-static const char *pgm = NULL;
+static const char *pgm;
static const char *arguments[8];
static int one_shot, quiet;
static int err;
static void run_program(void)
{
- int pid = fork(), status;
+ pid_t pid = fork();
+ int status;
if (pid < 0)
die("unable to fork");
{
int i, force_file = 0;
+ /* Without this we cannot rely on waitpid() to tell
+ * what happened to our children.
+ */
+ signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_DFL);
+
if (argc < 3)
usage("git-merge-index [-o] [-q] <merge-program> (-a | <filename>*)");