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Re: [PATCH] Do not show progress meter while checking files out.

From
APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 20, 2007, 12:37 UTC
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<200704201337.30836.andyparkins@gmail.com>
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On Friday 2007 April 20 09:42, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Originally I thought it would take too long to check out many
> files and to prevent people from getting bored, I added progress
> meter.  But it feels a bit too noisy; let's disable it.
Don't do that.  I like it.

I think you need output like this not to prevent boredom but to reassure that nothing has crashed or gone wild. A checkout of a big project really can take time, so it's nice to have the feedback.

Incidentally, the other place that needs some sort of feedback is the beginning of git-fetch/git-push. I think they are off listing remote branches, but they don't output anything before they do it, so I have no idea where the delay is (actually I know that the delay is from forming the ssh connection - which seems to be unable to understand that I'm connecting over a VPN and my IP has no reverse DNS so don't check for it - grr - but the point is that nothing is (apparently) happening and I have no feedback to know why).

I'll submit a patch...
Andy
-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET
andyparkins@gmail.com
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Message 4 of 13 in “git-add -u: match the index with working tree.”
  1. git-add -u: match the index with working tree.Junio C Hamano, Apr 20, 2007
  2. Do not show progress meter while checking files out.Junio C Hamano, Apr 20, 2007
  3. Johannes SixtApr 20, 2007
  4. Andy ParkinsApr 20, 2007
  5. Matthieu MoyApr 20, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreApr 20, 2007
  7. Shawn O. PearceApr 20, 2007
  8. J. Bruce FieldsApr 20, 2007
  9. Karl HasselströmApr 20, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2007
  11. Nikolai WeibullApr 20, 2007
  12. Karl HasselströmApr 20, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2007

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