1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index b14c0e8e38..1b67f078dd 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -1125,7 +1125,8 @@ extern int write_sha1_file(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type,
 extern int hash_sha1_file_literally(const void *buf, unsigned long len, const char *type, unsigned char *sha1, unsigned flags);
 extern int pretend_sha1_file(void *, unsigned long, enum object_type, unsigned char *);
 extern int force_object_loose(const unsigned char *sha1, time_t mtime);
-extern int git_open(const char *name);
+extern int git_open_cloexec(const char *name, int flags);
+#define git_open(name) git_open_cloexec(name, O_RDONLY)
 extern void *map_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size);
 extern int unpack_sha1_header(git_zstream *stream, unsigned char *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long bufsiz);
 extern int parse_sha1_header(const char *hdr, unsigned long *sizep);