Re: -q option for git to suppress informational messages?

From: Emily Shaffer <nasamuffin@google.com>
Date: Oct 12, 2023, 20:46 UTC
Message-ID: <CAJoAoZ=MrjjfH6Noganejey0bAaB=d+jH_rXAqbscPG8E0m3Pw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20231012185308.GB6241@kitsune.suse.cz>

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 11:53 AM Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> wrote:

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> Hello,
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> when using git in scripts I find that many git commands insist on
> printing informational messages, and the only way to avoid this is to
> sent the output to /dev/null.

Michal, you might want to investigate further whether there is a plumbing-specific command that meets the needs you're concerned about instead. Those commands will not have additional human-facing output, and have a stronger guarantee around backwards-compatibility than the human-facing commands do.

Commands which count as "plumbing" can be located in `git help git` in the full list of subcommands; if you're not sure what alternative to use, I think you can feel free to describe what you're trying to do here and get advice on which plumbing commands to use instead of porcelain ones.

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> While some select commands support the -q option to suppres
> informational messages many don't.
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> Since there was recenly some discussion of problems that newcomers could
> work on I suppose this could be added to the list if not there already.
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> Thanks
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> Michal