Re: bug: git shows hints that should be suppressed

> On Mar 19, 2025, at 2:53 AM, alan@norbauer.com wrote:
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> What did you do before the bug happened? (Steps to reproduce your issue)
> `GIT_CONFIG_GLOBAL=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_SYSTEM=/dev/null GIT_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM=0 GIT_ADVICE=0 git clone --quiet /Volumes/sourcecode/npm-packages/packages/repository-tools/node_modules/.cache/@altano/repository-tools/2078b9db1d71a4f4a5422e25a7016c75/git.bundle .`
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> What did you expect to happen? (Expected behavior)
> I would expect the clone to happen without any hints because I provided both `GIT_ADVICE=0` _and_ `--quiet` to the command. Both should suppress the hint.
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> What happened instead? (Actual behavior)
> I received the "hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name" on stderr, which caused my tests to fail (I am using git programmatically in a test).
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> What's different between what you expected and what actually happened?
> The hint on stderr was displayed.
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> Anything else you want to add:
> This behavior is NOT observed on git v2.44.0 and is observed on git v2.48.1. So the bug started occurring somewhere in between those versions. I can find the exact version the bug was introduced manually with some effort if that would be helpful.
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> [System Info]
> git version:
> git version 2.48.1
> cpu: aarch64
> no commit associated with this build
> sizeof-long: 8
> sizeof-size_t: 8
> shell-path: /nix/store/hmffg6n6ylbl4c30pqc9i71mwqzrd0iv-bash-5.2p37/bin/bash
> feature: fsmonitor--daemon
> libcurl: 8.12.1
> OpenSSL: OpenSSL 3.4.1 11 Feb 2025
> zlib: 1.3.1
> uname: Darwin 24.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.3.0: Thu Jan  2 20:24:23 PST 2025; root:xnu-11215.81.4~3/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 arm64
> compiler info: clang: 19.1.7 
> libc info: no libc information available
> $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/zsh
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> [Enabled Hooks]