Re: option -q not passed from "git commit" to "git gc --auto"

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 11:43:27AM +0200, Pierrick Gaudry wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It seems that when "git commit" is run with the "-q" option, there are
> still, from time to time, messages that get printed. With the French
> locale the message is:
>   Compression automatique du dépôt en tâche de fond pour optimiser les performances.
>   Voir "git help gc" pour toute information sur le nettoyage manuel.
>
> From what I could guess, this is due to the fact that "git commit" calls
> "git gc --auto", but does not propagate the "-q" option if present.
>
> A similar problem was present some time ago with "git fetch" and was
> solved in the 2-line patch 6fceed3b . I guess that the same should be
> done for "git commit".

Yes, I think so. A quick search through the list archive turns up [1],
which identifies and provides a patch for this issue. If I were
reviewing that patch today, I'd suggest the following:

  * break the change from a 'char **' to a 'struct argv_array' into a
    separate, preparatory patch.

  * adjust the commit message of the second commit (which will only pass
    '-q' to the 'git-gc' sub-process) to indicate that there may be
    other locations

  * fix those other locations that spawn 'git gc', if they exist, in a
    similar fashion

  * in each of the previous two steps, add tests in the appropriate
    files in 't' to demonstrate that '-q' propagation works as expected.

I'm happy to do any and all of this, if you want, but you are also
welcome to submit the patches yourself.

> Regards,
> Pierrick

Thanks,
Taylor

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200506140138.650455-1-abhishekkumar8222@gmail.com/