Re: [PATCH] Print progress message to stderr, not stdout

From: Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date: Dec 5, 2006, 09:06 UTC
Message-ID: <20061205090608.GA25002@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0612050841160.28348@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

On 2006-12-05 08:41:57 +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>
> > I'll first move the message back to stdout.
>
> In other parts of git, the progress message is only printed if
> output goes to a tty. Why not do the same?

That sounds like a good idea for two reasons:

  1. It will address all concerns raised in this thread (I think).

  2. It will remove an unnecessary difference between git and stgit.

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Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com