Re: [PATCH RFC/RFD] clone: quell the progress report from init

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 26, 2010, 20:24 UTC
Message-ID: <7vzl1uhlw8.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1003261611130.694@xanadu.home>

Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> writes:

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> On Fri, 26 Mar 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> An alternative might be to squelch init_db() like your patch did, and then
>> replace it with a message of our own, perhaps like this:
>> 
>>  $ git clone -n /var/tmp/gomi victim-003
>>  Cloning into victim-003...
>>  done.
>>  $ git clone -n file:///var/tmp/gomi victim-004
>>  Cloning into victim-004...
>>  remote: Counting objects: ...
>>  Receiving objects: 100% (120/120), done.
>> 
>> Here I am assuming we would add "done." to the local codepath.
> ...
> Personally I like your suggestion above.  A clone is not something you 
> perform repeatedly, and it is the first thing that random people told to 
> use Git to grab a piece of code will do.  Better give them some comfort 
> by telling them what is happening.

Ok, I can agree with that.  People who like silence can always say -q ;-)