Re: [BUG] git push --quiet fails with older versions

[Tobias Ulmer <tobiasu@tmux.org>]

On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 06:34:13PM +0200, Clemens Buchacher wrote:
> Hello Tobias,
> 
> On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 12:57:23PM +0200, Tobias Ulmer wrote:
> > 
> > my distro updated git to 1.7.6.1. Now git push --quiet, used in various
> > scripts, blows up against 1.7.6. I don't know how backwards compatible
> > git tries to be, but in my opinion that seems like a regression for a
> > patchlevel release.
> 
> Yes, that's a good point. I did not consider that.
> 
> > The problem seems to be that the remote git receive-pack does not
> > understand --quiet. Maybe it is possible to check for the remote version
> > before sending incompatible commandline parameters?
> 
> Indeed, that's what we must do. I am sending three patches in reply
> to this email:
> 
> [PATCH 1/3] tests for push --quiet
> [PATCH 2/3] fix push --quiet via http
> [PATCH 3/3] push: old receive-pack does not understand --quiet
> 
> The third one fixes this issue on the client side.  It does not
> depend on the first two. It applies to v1.7.6.1, maint, and master.
> Would be great if you could test.

Hi Clemens,

I've just gotten round to test patch 3/3 and it works perfectly against
1.7.6 as well as 1.7.6.1. It suppresses the output if the remote git
version is 1.7.6.1, like it should.

Thanks for your quick response,
Tobias

> 
> Thanks,
> Clemens