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Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Allow 'reset --quiet' to refresh the index, use 'reset --quiet' in 'stash'

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 14, 2022, 23:17 UTC
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"Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:
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> In the process of working on tests for 'git stash' sparse index integration,
> I found that the '--quiet' option in 'git stash' does not suppress all
> non-error output when used with '--index'. Specifically, this comes from an
> invocation of 'git reset' without the '--quiet' flag in 'reset_head()'. Upon
> enabling that flag, though, I discovered that 1) 'reset' does not refresh
> the index if '--quiet' is specified (as of [1]) and 2) 'git stash' needs the
> index to be refreshed after the reset.
>
> This series aims to decouple the "suppress logging" and "skip index refresh"
> behaviors in 'git reset --mixed', then allow 'stash' to internally use reset
> with logs suppressed but index refresh enabled. This is accomplished by
> introducing the '--[no-]refresh' option and 'reset.refresh' config setting
> to 'git reset'. Additionally, in the spirit of backward-compatibility,
> '--quiet' and/or 'reset.quiet=true' without any specified "refresh"
> option/config will continue to skip 'refresh_index(...)'.
>
> There are also some minor updates to the advice that suggests skipping the
> index refresh:
>
>  * replace recommendation to use "--quiet" with "--no-refresh"
>  * use 'advise()' rather than 'printf()'
>  * rename the advice config setting from 'advice.resetQuiet' to to
>    'advice.resetNoRefresh'
>  * suppress advice if '--quiet' is specified in 'reset'
>
> Finally, tests are added to 't7102-reset.sh' verifying whether index refresh
> happens when expected and to 't3903-stash.sh' verifying that 'apply --quiet'
> no longer prints extraneous logs.

I've read this iteration, too, and except for "we should test not just 'apply -index' but 'push'" in [5/5], everything looked good.

Thanks.
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Message 27 of 39 in “Separate '--skip-refresh' from '--quiet' in 'reset', use '--quiet' internally in 'stash'”
  1. 0/5 Separate '--skip-refresh' from '--quiet' in 'reset', use '--quiet' internally in 'stash'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  2. 1/5 reset: revise index refresh adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  3. 2/5 reset: introduce --[no-]refresh option to --mixedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  4. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  5. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  6. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  7. 3/5 reset: replace '--quiet' with '--no-refresh' in performance adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  8. 4/5 reset: suppress '--no-refresh' advice if logging is silencedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  9. 5/5 stash: make internal resets quiet and refresh indexVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 12, 2022
  10. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  11. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  12. Victoria DyeMar 12, 2022
  13. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  14. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  15. 0/5 Allow 'reset --quiet' to refresh the index, use 'reset --quiet' in 'stash'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  16. 2/5 reset: introduce --[no-]refresh option to --mixedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  17. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  18. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  19. 1/5 reset: revise index refresh adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  20. 4/5 reset: suppress '--no-refresh' advice if logging is silencedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  21. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  22. 3/5 reset: replace '--quiet' with '--no-refresh' in performance adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  23. 5/5 stash: make internal resets quiet and refresh indexVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 14, 2022
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  25. Victoria DyeMar 14, 2022
  26. Derrick StoleeMar 14, 2022
  27. Junio C HamanoMar 14, 2022
  28. 0/5 Allow 'reset --quiet' to refresh the index, use 'reset --quiet' in 'stash'Victoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  29. 1/5 reset: revise index refresh adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  30. 3/5 reset: replace '--quiet' with '--no-refresh' in performance adviceVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  31. 2/5 reset: introduce --[no-]refresh option to --mixedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  32. Phillip WoodMar 18, 2022
  33. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2022
  34. Victoria DyeMar 18, 2022
  35. 4/5 reset: suppress '--no-refresh' advice if logging is silencedVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  36. 5/5 stash: make internal resets quiet and refresh indexVictoria Dye via GitGitGadget, Mar 15, 2022
  37. Junio C HamanoMar 15, 2022
  38. Victoria DyeMar 16, 2022
  39. Junio C HamanoMar 16, 2022

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