} else {
my @lines = <$fh>;
- chomp @lines;
+ defined and chomp for @lines;
try {
_cmd_close($fh, $ctx);
} catch Git::Error::Command with {
# warn 'ignoring STDERR option - running w/ ActiveState';
$direction eq '-|' or
die 'input pipe for ActiveState not implemented';
- tie ($fh, 'Git::activestate_pipe', $cmd, @args);
+ # the strange construction with *ACPIPE is just to
+ # explain the tie below that we want to bind to
+ # a handle class, not scalar. It is not known if
+ # it is something specific to ActiveState Perl or
+ # just a Perl quirk.
+ tie (*ACPIPE, 'Git::activestate_pipe', $cmd, @args);
+ $fh = *ACPIPE;
} else {
my $pid = open($fh, $direction);