From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:54:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] diff --quiet
Message-ID: <81b0412b0703141554r524346d0kf73a5d43b49ed99a@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <81b0412b0703141533q4e71e67aqaa83de45fa9e3988@mail.gmail.com>

On 3/14/07, Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/14/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> > The --quiet option is silently turned off (but --exit-code is
> > still in effect, so is silent output) if postprocessing filters
> > such as pickaxe and diff-filter are used.  For all practical
> > purposes I do not think of a reason to want to use these filters
> > and not viewing the diff output.
>
> pickaxe filter can be useful in hooks to enforce policy

Actually, I find it a bit strange to leave the output silent,
if --quiet is turned off. For all the user sees, it is still quiet
and exit-coded, just slow. Suggest either restore the
output format when turning the option off or not turning
it off at all (if possible. Is it?)