Merge branch 'jc/denoise-rm-to-resolve'
[gitweb.git] / pager.c
diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index 4168460ae92ceb18b4a31c4d0524b411231cf137..41446d4f0543df18fb2430188d886ed1975a55d9 100644 (file)
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -177,6 +177,26 @@ int term_columns(void)
        return term_columns_at_startup;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Clear the entire line, leave cursor in first column.
+ */
+void term_clear_line(void)
+{
+       if (is_terminal_dumb())
+               /*
+                * Fall back to print a terminal width worth of space
+                * characters (hoping that the terminal is still as wide
+                * as it was upon the first call to term_columns()).
+                */
+               fprintf(stderr, "\r%*s\r", term_columns(), "");
+       else
+               /*
+                * On non-dumb terminals use an escape sequence to clear
+                * the whole line, no matter how wide the terminal.
+                */
+               fputs("\r\033[K", stderr);
+}
+
 /*
  * How many columns do we need to show this number in decimal?
  */