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Re: [PATCH 0/5] Separate '--skip-refresh' from '--quiet' in 'reset', use '--quiet' internally in 'stash'

From
Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>
Date
Mar 12, 2022, 17:12 UTC
Message-ID
<3a4594d2-e59d-28dd-290f-adb6fd1740a9@github.com>
In-Reply-To
<pull.1170.git.1647043729.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget wrote:
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> In the process of working on tests for 'git stash' sparse index integration,
> I found that the '--quiet' option in 'git stash' does not suppress all
> non-error output when used with '--index'. Specifically, this comes from an
> invocation of 'git reset' without the '--quiet' flag in 'reset_head()'. Upon
> enabling that flag, though, I discovered that 1) 'reset' does not refresh
> the index if '--quiet' is specified (as of [1]) and 2) 'git stash' needs the
> index to be refreshed after the reset.
> 
> This series aims to decouple the "suppress logging" and "skip index refresh"
> behaviors in 'git reset --mixed', then allow 'stash' to internally use reset
> with logs suppressed but index refresh enabled. This is accomplished by
> introducing the '--[no-]refresh' option and 'reset.refresh' config setting
> to 'git reset'. Additionally, in the spirit of backward-compatibility,
> '--quiet' and/or 'reset.quiet=true' without any specified "refresh"
> option/config will continue to skip 'refresh_index(...)'.
> 
> There are also some minor updates to the advice that suggests skipping the
> index refresh:
> 
>  * replace recommendation to use "--quiet" with "--no-refresh"
>  * use 'advise()' rather than 'printf()'
>  * rename the advice config setting from 'advice.resetQuiet' to to
>    'advice.resetNoRefresh'
>  * suppress advice if '--quiet' is specified in 'reset'
> 
> Finally, tests are added to 't7102-reset.sh' verifying whether index refresh
> happens when expected and to 't3903-stash.sh' verifying that 'apply --quiet'
> no longer prints extraneous logs.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20181023190423.5772-2-peartben@gmail.com/
> 
> Thanks! -Victoria
> 
> Victoria Dye (5):
>   reset: revise index refresh advice
>   reset: introduce --[no-]refresh option to --mixed
>   reset: replace '--quiet' with '--no-refresh' in performance advice
>   reset: suppress '--no-refresh' advice if logging is silenced
>   stash: make internal resets quiet and refresh index
> 
>  Documentation/config/advice.txt |  8 +--
>  Documentation/git-reset.txt     |  9 ++++
>  advice.c                        |  2 +-
>  advice.h                        |  2 +-
>  builtin/reset.c                 | 21 ++++++--
>  builtin/stash.c                 |  5 +-
>  t/t3903-stash.sh                | 12 +++++
>  t/t7102-reset.sh                | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  8 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 1a4874565fa3b6668042216189551b98b4dc0b1b
> Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1170%2Fvdye%2Fstash%2Fmake-reset-quiet-v1
> Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1170/vdye/stash/make-reset-quiet-v1
> Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1170

It looks like I submitted without updating the cover letter title from a previous iteration (should be "Allow 'reset --quiet' to refresh the index, use 'reset --quiet' in 'stash' "). I'll update it in the next version along with any code changes.

Sorry about that!
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  1. 0/5 Separate '--skip-refresh' from '--quiet' in 'reset', use '--quiet' internally in 'stash'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  2. 1/5 reset: revise index refresh adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  3. 2/5 reset: introduce --[no-]refresh option to --mixedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  4. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  5. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  6. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  7. 3/5 reset: replace '--quiet' with '--no-refresh' in performance adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  8. 4/5 reset: suppress '--no-refresh' advice if logging is silencedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  9. 5/5 stash: make internal resets quiet and refresh indexVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  10. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  11. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  12. Victoria DyeMar 12, 2022
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  14. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  15. 0/5 Allow 'reset --quiet' to refresh the index, use 'reset --quiet' in 'stash'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  16. 2/5 reset: introduce --[no-]refresh option to --mixedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  18. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  19. 1/5 reset: revise index refresh adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  20. 4/5 reset: suppress '--no-refresh' advice if logging is silencedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  22. 3/5 reset: replace '--quiet' with '--no-refresh' in performance adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  23. 5/5 stash: make internal resets quiet and refresh indexVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  25. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  26. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  27. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  28. 0/5 Allow 'reset --quiet' to refresh the index, use 'reset --quiet' in 'stash'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  29. 1/5 reset: revise index refresh adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  30. 3/5 reset: replace '--quiet' with '--no-refresh' in performance adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  31. 2/5 reset: introduce --[no-]refresh option to --mixedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  32. Phillip WoodMar 18, 2022
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2022
  34. Victoria DyeMar 18, 2022
  35. 4/5 reset: suppress '--no-refresh' advice if logging is silencedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  36. 5/5 stash: make internal resets quiet and refresh indexVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2022
  38. Victoria DyeMar 16, 2022
  39. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2022

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