Re: [PATCH] builtin/remote.c: show progress when renaming remote references

[Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 09:32:48AM -0500, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> > Instead of a more complex modification to the ref transaction code,
> > display a progress meter when running verbosely in order to convince the
> > user that Git is doing work while renaming a remote.
>
> Thanks for this patch. It improves the user experience through
> useful feedback.

Admittedly, it feels like a little bit of a shortcut to avoid modifying
the ref transaction code, but I think it's an OK short-term solution.
Thanks for reviewing.

> > @@ -682,7 +686,8 @@ static int mv(int argc, const char **argv)
> >  		old_remote_context = STRBUF_INIT;
> >  	struct string_list remote_branches = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
> >  	struct rename_info rename;
> > -	int i, refspec_updated = 0;
> > +	int i, j = 0, refspec_updated = 0;
>
> My only complaint is that 'j' is not informative enough here.
>
> 'j' as a loop iterator is good, but we aren't looping "on" j,
> but instead tracking a progress_count across multiple loops.

How about s/j/refs_renamed_nr ?

Thanks,
Taylor