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Re: [PATCH v6] checkout: add --progress option

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Edmundo Carmona Antoranz <eantoranz@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 1, 2015, 21:12 UTC
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On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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>> +--[no-]progress::
>> +       Progress status is reported on the standard error stream
>> +       by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless --quiet
>> +       is specified. This flag enables progress reporting even if not
>> +       attached to a terminal, regardless of -q.
>
> The mix of -q and --quiet is inconsistent and potentially confusing. I
> suspect that your intention was to hint that they are equivalent,
> however, the reader who is not familiar with -q as an alias of --quiet
> may now be forced to look up both options, rather than just one, only
> to discover that they are the same, thus potentially requiring extra
> effort. It probably would be better to consistently use --quiet.
>
> Also, quoting with backticks is recommended: `--quite`
>
> The rest of the patch looks good.
Good! Going for v7.
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