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diff --git a/third_party/git/common-main.c b/third_party/git/common-main.c
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+#include "cache.h"
+#include "exec-cmd.h"
+#include "attr.h"
+
+/*
+ * Many parts of Git have subprograms communicate via pipe, expect the
+ * upstream of a pipe to die with SIGPIPE when the downstream of a
+ * pipe does not need to read all that is written.  Some third-party
+ * programs that ignore or block SIGPIPE for their own reason forget
+ * to restore SIGPIPE handling to the default before spawning Git and
+ * break this carefully orchestrated machinery.
+ *
+ * Restore the way SIGPIPE is handled to default, which is what we
+ * expect.
+ */
+static void restore_sigpipe_to_default(void)
+{
+	sigset_t unblock;
+
+	sigemptyset(&unblock);
+	sigaddset(&unblock, SIGPIPE);
+	sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, &unblock, NULL);
+	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char **argv)
+{
+	int result;
+
+	trace2_initialize_clock();
+
+	/*
+	 * Always open file descriptors 0/1/2 to avoid clobbering files
+	 * in die().  It also avoids messing up when the pipes are dup'ed
+	 * onto stdin/stdout/stderr in the child processes we spawn.
+	 */
+	sanitize_stdfds();
+	restore_sigpipe_to_default();
+
+	git_resolve_executable_dir(argv[0]);
+
+	trace2_initialize();
+	trace2_cmd_start(argv);
+	trace2_collect_process_info(TRACE2_PROCESS_INFO_STARTUP);
+
+	git_setup_gettext();
+
+	initialize_the_repository();
+
+	attr_start();
+
+	result = cmd_main(argc, argv);
+
+	trace2_cmd_exit(result);
+
+	return result;
+}