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Re: [PATCHv3 3/4] submodule, repack: migrate to git-sh-setup's say()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 16, 2009, 06:18 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> ...
> If the convention is "GIT_QUIET, when set to non-empty string, squelches
> the output", then I think the callers should be more consistent and the
> call to prune-packed should say something like this, which is admittedly a
> roundabout way:
>
> 	git prune-packed ${GIT_QUIET:+-q}
>
> for consistency (and then what you set to GIT_QUIET in the first hunk I
> quoted does not matter anymore---it can even be t or 1 or whatever).
>
> I think this does not matter too much, because I suspect that in the
> longer term scripted Porcelains are going away, but still...

What I meant was that my _style_ comment does not matter too much. The addition of "quiet" _is_ a worthwhile thing to do, I think.

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Message 9 of 18 in “[PATCHv3 0/4] Teach shell scripts to be quiet”
  1. Stephen BoydJun 16, 2009
  2. 1/4 t4150: test applying with a newline in subjectStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  3. 2/4 git-sh-setup: introduce say() for quiet optionsStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  4. 3/4 submodule, repack: migrate to git-sh-setup's say()Stephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  5. 4/4 am, rebase: teach quiet optionStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2009
  7. Stephen BoydJun 16, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2009
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 16, 2009
  10. Stephen BoydJun 16, 2009
  11. Johannes SixtJun 16, 2009
  12. 0/5 Teach shell scripts to be quietStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  13. 1/5 t4150: test applying with a newline in subjectStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  14. 2/5 am: suppress apply errors when using 3-wayStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  15. 3/5 git-sh-setup: introduce say() for quiet optionsStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  16. 4/5 submodule, repack: migrate to git-sh-setup's say()Stephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  17. 5/5 am, rebase: teach quiet optionStephen Boyd, Jun 16, 2009
  18. 6/5 stash: teach quiet optionStephen Boyd, Jun 18, 2009

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