Merge pull request #381 from bozaro/blinking

Windows: hide git application window.

git/git.go

@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func (c *gitConfig) Version() (string, error) {
 // simpleExec is a small wrapper around os/exec.Command.
 func simpleExec(name string, args ...string) (string, error) {
 	tracerx.Printf("run_command: '%s' %s", name, strings.Join(args, " "))
-	cmd := exec.Command(name, args...)
+	cmd := execCommand(name, args...)
 
 	output, err := cmd.Output()
 	if _, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError); ok {

git/git_nix.go

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+// Package git contains various commands that shell out to git
+package git
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+)
+
+// execCommand is a small platform specific wrapper around os/exec.Command
+func execCommand(name string, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	return exec.Command(name, arg...)
+}

git/git_win.go

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// +build windows
+
+// Package git contains various commands that shell out to git
+package git
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// execCommand is a small platform specific wrapper around os/exec.Command
+func execCommand(name string, arg ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+	cmd := exec.Command(name, arg...)
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{HideWindow: true}
+	return cmd
+}