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Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()

From
Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2019, 13:30 UTC
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<29e88f9c-2b35-efe6-9be1-2891061a7109@gmail.com>
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On 11/7/2019 1:40 AM, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 08:21:48AM -0500, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> 
>>>> Now that we changed this method, very fast commands show no progess at
>>>> all. This means we need to stop testing for seeing these progress lines
>>>> in the test suite.
>>>
>>> I think this is OK for now, though it does make me wonder if
>>> "--progress" ought to perhaps override "delayed" in some instances,
>>> since it's a positive signal from the caller that they're interested in
>>> seeing progress.
>>
>> I was thinking that we could start with a GIT_TEST_PROGRESS environment
>> variable to force all delayed progress to act like non-delayed progress.
>> That would at least give us confirmation on these kinds of tests.
> 
> I think this could actually be a non-test variable. E.g., something like
> this:
> 
> diff --git a/progress.c b/progress.c
> index 0063559aab..74b90e8898 100644
> --- a/progress.c
> +++ b/progress.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
>  #include "strbuf.h"
>  #include "trace.h"
>  #include "utf8.h"
> +#include "config.h"
>  
>  #define TP_IDX_MAX      8
>  
> @@ -269,7 +270,8 @@ static struct progress *start_progress_delay(const char *title, uint64_t total,
>  
>  struct progress *start_delayed_progress(const char *title, uint64_t total)
>  {
> -	return start_progress_delay(title, total, 2, 0);
> +	int delay_in_secs = git_env_ulong("GIT_PROGRESS_DELAY", 2);
> +	return start_progress_delay(title, total, delay_in_secs, 0);
>  }
>  
>  struct progress *start_progress(const char *title, uint64_t total)

I like this idea. It allows us to force the progress on in tests, and for users to tweak their preferred delay. That includes _increasing_ the delay if they want to.

> which lets you ask for more verbose progress. There are times when I'd
> use something like this for general debugging. Though these days I might
> suggest that something like GIT_TRACE2_PERF hook the progress code to
> output. That's a bit more complicated to implement, though.

Would it make sense to make delay_in_secs a local static variable, so we remember it between calls? That would allow us to check the environment only once (not that it is usually expensive).

-Stolee
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  1. 0/1 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 5, 2019
  2. 1/1 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 5, 2019
  3. Derrick StoleeNov 5, 2019
  4. 0/1 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 5, 2019
  5. 1/1 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 5, 2019
  6. Jeff KingNov 6, 2019
  7. Derrick StoleeNov 6, 2019
  8. Jeff KingNov 7, 2019
  9. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2019
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2019
  11. Jeff KingNov 7, 2019
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 7, 2019
  13. 0/2 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2019
  14. 1/2 progress: create GIT_PROGRESS_DELAYDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2019
  15. Jeff KingNov 7, 2019
  16. SZEDER GáborNov 11, 2019
  17. 2/2 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 7, 2019
  18. Jeff KingNov 7, 2019
  19. SZEDER GáborNov 21, 2019
  20. 0/2 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 21, 2019
  21. 2/2 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 21, 2019
  22. Jeff KingNov 22, 2019
  23. Derrick StoleeNov 25, 2019
  24. 1/2 progress: create GIT_PROGRESS_DELAYDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 21, 2019
  25. Jeff KingNov 22, 2019
  26. 0/2 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 25, 2019
  27. 1/2 progress: create GIT_PROGRESS_DELAYDerrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 25, 2019
  28. 2/2 commit-graph: use start_delayed_progress()Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget, Nov 25, 2019
  29. Jeff KingNov 26, 2019
  30. Derrick StoleeNov 26, 2019
  31. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2019
  32. SZEDER GáborDec 1, 2019

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