Re: option -q not passed from "git commit" to "git gc --auto"

> On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 11:28:23AM -0600, Taylor Blau wrote:
> > On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 11:43:27AM +0200, Pierrick Gaudry wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > It seems that when "git commit" is run with the "-q" option, there are
> > > still, from time to time, messages that get printed. With the French
> > > locale the message is:
> > >   Compression automatique du dépôt en tâche de fond pour optimiser les performances.
> > >   Voir "git help gc" pour toute information sur le nettoyage manuel.
> > >
> > > From what I could guess, this is due to the fact that "git commit" calls
> > > "git gc --auto", but does not propagate the "-q" option if present.
> > >
> > > A similar problem was present some time ago with "git fetch" and was
> > > solved in the 2-line patch 6fceed3b . I guess that the same should be
> > > done for "git commit".
> >
> > Yes, I think so. A quick search through the list archive turns up [1],
> > which identifies and provides a patch for this issue. If I were
> > reviewing that patch today, I'd suggest the following:

> >   * break the change from a 'char **' to a 'struct argv_array' into a
> >     separate, preparatory patch.
> >
> >   * adjust the commit message of the second commit (which will only pass
> >     '-q' to the 'git-gc' sub-process) to indicate that there may be
> >     other locations
> >
> >   * fix those other locations that spawn 'git gc', if they exist, in a
> >     similar fashion
> >
> >   * in each of the previous two steps, add tests in the appropriate
> >     files in 't' to demonstrate that '-q' propagation works as expected.
>
> Junio identified a much better way to do this in the email below this
> one. Since it appears that there are multiple places that ignore
> '--quiet' when running 'git gc' as a sub-process, a helper function is
> certainly you want to be using.
>
> > I'm happy to do any and all of this, if you want, but you are also
> > welcome to submit the patches yourself.
> >
> > > Regards,
> > > Pierrick
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Taylor
> >
> > [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200506140138.650455-1-abhishekkumar8222@gmail.com/
> Thanks,
> Taylor