Re: [PATCH] progress: use \r as EOL only if isatty(stderr) is true
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I'm willing to accept that there are use cases where you don't want the
> CRs, but just want a list of lines[1]. But it seems like this change
> hurts some existing use cases.
>
> -Peff
>
> [1] Actually, I would be curious to see such a use case. If you are
> planning on saving the output, is it really useful to have a hundred
> lines saying:
>
> Compressing objects 1% (100/10000)
> Compressing objects 2% (200/10000)
>
> and so forth?
All valid arguments against the change, I think. Thanks.