Work around a regression in Windows 7, causing erase_in_line() to crash sometimes

[git.git] / compat / winansi.c

diff --git a/compat/winansi.c b/compat/winansi.c
index 44dc293ad314379d7835d9d96a5c3fd12ad2b27f..9217c24b43f7546815079d540304aa71821df926 100644 (file)
--- a/compat/winansi.c
+++ b/compat/winansi.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void set_console_attr(void)
 static void erase_in_line(void)
 {
        CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO sbi;
+       DWORD dummy; /* Needed for Windows 7 (or Vista) regression */
 
        if (!console)
                return;
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ static void erase_in_line(void)
        GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(console, &sbi);
        FillConsoleOutputCharacterA(console, ' ',
                sbi.dwSize.X - sbi.dwCursorPosition.X, sbi.dwCursorPosition,
-               NULL);
+               &dummy);
 }