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Re: [PATCH] checkout: be quiet if not on isatty()

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MKmartin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net>
Date
Aug 28, 2011, 06:28 UTC
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<20110828062848.GA22182@albatross.gern.madduck.net>
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also sprach Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> [2011.08.28.0822 +0200]:
> 	In general, the progress output should not be given unless the
>         output is sent to a tty (i.e. an interactive session).

Just as a note — around Unix, it's generally "output should not be given unless there was an unexpected condition, or --verbose was passed. If a tool did successfully what it was asked to do, it should just be quiet about it."

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Message 15 of 21 in “progress: use \r as EOL only if isatty(stderr) is true”
  1. progress: use \r as EOL only if isatty(stderr) is trueSteffen Daode Nurpmeso, Jun 28, 2011
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2011
  3. Steffen Daode NurpmesoJun 28, 2011
  4. Steffen Daode NurpmesoJun 28, 2011
  5. Jeff KingJun 28, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2011
  7. Miles BaderJun 30, 2011
  8. sideband: remove line padding (was: Re: [PATCH] progress: use \r as EOL only if isatty(stderr) is true)Steffen Daode Nurpmeso, Jun 29, 2011
  9. Nicolas PitreJun 29, 2011
  10. Steffen Daode NurpmesoJun 30, 2011
  11. Nicolas PitreJul 1, 2011
  12. checkout: be quiet if not on isatty()Steffen Daode Nurpmeso, Aug 27, 2011
  13. checkout: be quiet if not on isatty()Steffen Daode Nurpmeso, Aug 27, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2011
  15. martin f krafftAug 28, 2011
  16. checkout: add --verbose, and restrict progress reporting (was: Re: [PATCH] checkout: be quiet if not on isatty())Steffen Daode Nurpmeso, Aug 28, 2011
  17. 0/2 Add update_progress(), divert checkout messagessdaoden@googlemail.com, Aug 29, 2011
  18. 1/2 progress: add update_progress()sdaoden@googlemail.com, Aug 29, 2011
  19. 2/2 unpack-trees: divert check_updates() output via update_progress()sdaoden@googlemail.com, Aug 29, 2011
  20. Steffen Daode NurpmesoJun 28, 2011
  21. Steffen Daode NurpmesoJun 28, 2011

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