# More verbose "git fetch"? 3 messages from 2006-06-04 to 2006-06-04. Participants: Linus Torvalds, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/4386 ## Linus Torvalds, 2006-06-04 01:11 Subject: More verbose "git fetch"? Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.64.0606031809550.5498%40g5.osdl.org ``` Is it just me who has been getting less accepting, or has "git fetch" gotten more verbose? Has it always spit out those annoying xyz: same as branch 'xyz' of so-and-so-repo even without "-v"? I thought I killed them at some point, but either they're back, or I'm just confused. Linus ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2006-06-04 05:28 Subject: Re: More verbose "git fetch"? Message-ID: <7v7j3xebg6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v7j3xebg6.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: ``` Linus Torvalds writes: > Has it always spit out those annoying > > xyz: same as branch 'xyz' of so-and-so-repo > > even without "-v"? I thought I killed them at some point, but > either they're back, or I'm just confused. "same" is protected with [ "$verboase" ] only on the tag side but not on the head side, which I think is a bug. Will fix. ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2006-06-04 06:25 Subject: Re: More verbose "git fetch"? Message-ID: <7v3bele8u6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v3bele8u6.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: <7v7j3xebg6.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> ``` Junio C Hamano writes: > Linus Torvalds writes: > >> Has it always spit out those annoying >> >> xyz: same as branch 'xyz' of so-and-so-repo >> >> even without "-v"? I thought I killed them at some point, but >> either they're back, or I'm just confused. > > "same" is protected with [ "$verboase" ] only on the tag side > but not on the head side, which I think is a bug. Will fix. ...like this. --- diff --git a/git-fetch.sh b/git-fetch.sh index 69bd810..6ee755c 100755 --- a/git-fetch.sh +++ b/git-fetch.sh @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ fast_forward_local () { mb=$(git-merge-base "$local" "$2") && case "$2,$mb" in $local,*) - echo >&2 "* $1: same as $3" + [ "$verbose" ] && echo >&2 "* $1: same as $3" ;; *,$local) echo >&2 "* $1: fast forward to $3" ```