From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:24:07 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC/RFD] clone: quell the progress report from init Message-ID: <7vzl1uhlw8.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Nicolas Pitre writes: > 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 ;-)