Re: [PATCH] Do not show progress meter while checking files out.

[Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>]

On Friday 2007 April 20 09:42, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Originally I thought it would take too long to check out many
> files and to prevent people from getting bored, I added progress
> meter.  But it feels a bit too noisy; let's disable it.

Don't do that.  I like it.

I think you need output like this not to prevent boredom but to reassure that 
nothing has crashed or gone wild.  A checkout of a big project really can 
take time, so it's nice to have the feedback.

Incidentally, the other place that needs some sort of feedback is the 
beginning of git-fetch/git-push.  I think they are off listing remote 
branches, but they don't output anything before they do it, so I have no idea 
where the delay is (actually I know that the delay is from forming the ssh 
connection - which seems to be unable to understand that I'm connecting over 
a VPN and my IP has no reverse DNS so don't check for it - grr - but the 
point is that nothing is (apparently) happening and I have no feedback to 
know why).

I'll submit a patch...


Andy
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