execute_process: Improve stdout/stderr merging

Use the KWSys Process "MergeOutput" option to give the child process
the same pipe (or file) for both stdout and stderr.  This allows
natural merging of stdout and stderr together instead of merging
on arbitrary buffered read boundaries as before.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Help/command/execute_process.rst b/Help/command/execute_process.rst
index 478b30e..c38ec1a 100644
--- a/Help/command/execute_process.rst
+++ b/Help/command/execute_process.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ OUTPUT_VARIABLE, ERROR_VARIABLE
 INPUT_FILE, OUTPUT_FILE, ERROR_FILE
  The file named will be attached to the standard input of the first
  process, standard output of the last process, or standard error of
- all processes, respectively.
+ all processes, respectively.  If the same file is named for both
+ output and error then it will be used for both.
 
 OUTPUT_QUIET, ERROR_QUIET
  The standard output or standard error results will be quietly ignored.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/execute_process-merge-output.rst b/Help/release/dev/execute_process-merge-output.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c80cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Help/release/dev/execute_process-merge-output.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+execute_process-merge-output
+----------------------------
+
+* The :command:`execute_process` command learned to support specifying
+  the same file for ``OUTPUT_FILE`` and ``ERROR_FILE``.