Re: [PATCH] builtin/remote.c: show progress when renaming remote references

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Mar 2, 2022, 22:57 UTC
Message-ID: <Yh/2Pkc493ABWv46@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <Yh/t3HfKiEMx957i@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 10:21:16PM +0000, brian m. carlson wrote:

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> For context, I discovered this when I tried to rename a remote with tens
> of thousands of branches and it just ran silently for an extended period
> of time without any output.  I actually interrupted it with Ctrl-C
> because I thought it had hung, so I'm hoping this will provide a better
> experience for users in that situation.

Thanks again for pointing it out to me. To be honest, I'm skeptical that this patch alone will improve things much, since you still have to pass the '-v' flag to see the new progress meter.

But perhaps users who suspect the command is hung will re-run it with the '-v' flag instinctually and get more helpful output. I'll look at making `git remote`'s `-v` behave a little more like `--[no-]progress' in another series.

Thanks, Taylor