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Re: [PATCH] clone: fix progress-regression

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
May 8, 2012, 05:46 UTC
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Am 5/7/2012 21:47, schrieb Junio C Hamano:
> In real life, most of the checkout is fairly quick for even projects like
> the kernel, and the logic is an attempt to avoid cluttering the terminal
> with progress unless it takes unusually long and might make the user feel
> worried.

What is "unusually long"? On Windows, it can take its time to switch a branch even if only a few dozen files are affected, the disk cache is cold, and an on-access virus scanner is active. :-)

I appreciate the checkout progress indicator as eye candy every once in a while.

-- Hannes
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  1. clone: fix progress-regressionErik Faye-Lund, May 7, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2012
  3. Johannes SixtMay 8, 2012

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