From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:28:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clone: quell the progress report from init and report on clone
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In-Reply-To: <4462210481812dc3b720b34f59e3051a65e41336.1270159202.git.git@drmicha.warpmail.net>

Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:

> From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>
> Currently, a local glit clone reports only initializing an empty
> git dir, which is potentially confusing.

glit?

> Instead, report that cloning is in progress and when it is done
> (unless -q) is given, and suppres the init report (unless -v
> is given).
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
> ---
> I checked the documentation, there is really no place where the output
> of git clone is documented - no documentation or test change is necesessary.

Thanks.

> I made it so that -v will restore the init message.

I wonder how that would be useful, though.  The new message already says
which directory is being worked on.  I didn't see a point of repeating
that and made it silent on purpose.