Re: Push not writing to standard error

> Chase Brammer wrote:
> 
> >                                    saving the standard error from bash
> > to a file during a push doesn't seem to be working.  I am only able to
> > get standard output, which doesn't give the progress of the push
> > (counting, delta, compressing, and writing status).
> [...]
> > git push origin master --progress > ~/push_error_output.txt 2>&1
> [...]
> > Idea's on work arounds or upcoming patches to fix this?
> 
> None from me.  But some hints for a patch:
> 
>  - As the man page says,
> 
>    --progress
> 
> 	Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
> 	by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q is
> 	specified. This flag forces progress status even if the
> 	standard error stream is not directed to a terminal.
> 
>    It looks like this facility is not working.
> 
>  - Terminals are distinguished from nonterminals with isatty()
> 
>  - The "Counting objects..." output comes from pack-objects.
>    Running with GIT_TRACE=1 reveals that the --progress option is
>    not being passed to pack-objects as it should be.
> 
>  - Is this a regression?  If so, narrowing the regression window
>    with a few rounds of "git bisect" could be helpful.