From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: "Horst H. von Brand" Subject: Re: What's in git.git (stable) Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:52:08 -0300 Message-ID: <200612142352.kBENq8Ie002603@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> References: NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 23:52:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Andy Parkins , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: Message from Junio C Hamano of "Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:31:12 -0800." <7vk60vbcfz.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.5 (beta27) X-Greylist: Recipient e-mail whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.21.155]); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:52:08 -0300 (CLST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88.5, clamav-milter version 0.88.5 on inti.inf.utfsm.cl X-Virus-Status: Clean Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gv0Na-0004Ne-DP for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:52:46 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752004AbWLNXwY (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:52:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752006AbWLNXwY (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:52:24 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:33155 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752004AbWLNXwX (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:52:23 -0500 Received: from laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl (pc-173-245-83-200.cm.vtr.net [200.83.245.173]) by inti.inf.utfsm.cl (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id kBENq79G030757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:52:08 -0300 Received: from laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl (laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl [127.0.0.1]) by laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kBENq8Ie002603; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:52:08 -0300 To: Junio C Hamano Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano wrote: [...] > In general the principle ought to be not to say anything if the > command does exactly what it was told to do successfully, unless > the operation is expected to take longer than other normal > commands in the git suite, or something that is rarely used. Nodz. Just hoary Unix tradition. > Perhaps under "[user] expert" control. Nope. You'd be surprised what kind of people consider themselves "experts"... I'd prefer adding -v/--verbose flags to all commands (if nothing else, for symmetry's sake), have a '[default] --verbose' controlling this across the board (perhaps also '[default "command"] --verbose'), with '[default]' setting default switches. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513