Re: [PATCH 01/10] git-fast-import.txt: fix documentation for --quiet option
- From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
- Date
- Nov 11, 2018, 06:33 UTC
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- <20181111063359.GA30850@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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- <20181111062312.16342-2-newren@gmail.com>
On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 10:23:03PM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote:
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> Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> > --- > Documentation/git-fast-import.txt | 7 ++++--- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt > index e81117d27f..7ab97745a6 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-fast-import.txt > @@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ OPTIONS > not contain the old commit). > > --quiet:: > - Disable all non-fatal output, making fast-import silent when it > - is successful. This option disables the output shown by > - --stats. > + Disable the output shown by --stats, making fast-import usually > + be silent when it is successful. However, if the import stream > + has directives intended to show user output (e.g. `progress` > + directives), the corresponding messages will still be shown.
Makes sense. I think one could argue that it should disable those messages, too, but probably the right answer is that the export side should be told to be `--quiet` as well.
-Peff