From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: "Git List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
"Jonathan Tan" <jonathantanmy@google.com>,
"Son Luong Ngoc" <sluongng@gmail.com>,
"Đoàn Trần Công Danh" <congdanhqx@gmail.com>,
"Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <derrickstolee@github.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 16:23:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3268cfb4-22b4-301d-abbc-bb36fa737a2a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPig+cRE3RNkUCrmmTvVC4mm1crT+1OEU5zSwu80pjXmDdAkfg@mail.gmail.com>
On 11/3/2020 2:06 PM, Eric Sunshine wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 9:05 AM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is a deficiency in the current design. Windows has two kinds of
>> applications: GUI applications that start by "winmain()" and console
>> applications that start by "main()". Console applications are attached
>> to a new Console window if they are not already associated with a GUI
>> application. This means that every hour the scheudled task launches a
>> command window for the scheduled tasks. Not only is this visually
>> obtrusive, but it also takes focus from whatever else the user is
>> doing!
>
> I wonder if you could use the technique explained in [1] to prevent
> the console window from popping up.
>
> [1]: https://pureinfotech.com/prevent-command-window-appearing-scheduled-tasks-windows-10/
The critical part of that strategy is the "Run whether the user is
logged in or not". The resulting option that triggers causes the
schtasks command to require a password prompt (or a password passed
as a command-line argument). I found that interaction to be too
disruptive.
>> Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/t/t7900-maintenance.sh b/t/t7900-maintenance.sh
>> @@ -441,6 +441,40 @@ test_expect_success MACOS_MAINTENANCE 'start and stop macOS maintenance' '
>> +test_expect_success MINGW 'start and stop Windows maintenance' '
>> + echo "echo \$@ >>args" >print-args &&
>> + chmod a+x print-args &&
>
> Same comments as my review of [2/3] regarding $@ and write_script().
Noted!
>> + rm -f args &&
>> + GIT_TEST_CRONTAB="/bin/sh print-args" git maintenance start &&
>> + cat args &&
>
> Is this 'cat' leftover debugging gunk?
Yes. Thanks.
>> + # start registers the repo
>> + git config --get --global maintenance.repo "$(pwd)" &&
>> +
>> + rm expect &&
>> + for frequency in hourly daily weekly
>> + do
>> + echo "/create /tn Git Maintenance ($frequency) /f /xml .git/objects/schedule-$frequency.xml" >>expect \
>> + || return 1
>> + done &&
>
> Rather than using >> within the loop, it's often simpler to capture
> the output of the for-loop in its entirety:
>
> for frequency in hourly daily weekly
> do
> echo "/create ..." || return 1
> done >expect &&
>
> However, in this case 'printf' may be even simpler:
>
> printf "/create /tn ... .git/objects/schedule-%s.xml\n" \
> hourly daily weekly >expect &&
Excellent.
>> + GIT_TEST_CRONTAB="/bin/sh print-args" git maintenance stop &&
>
> Too many spaces before the 'git' command.
Thanks!
-Stolee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-03 21:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-03 14:03 [PATCH 0/3] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 14:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 14:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 18:45 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-03 21:21 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-03 22:27 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-04 13:33 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-04 14:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-03 14:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-03 19:06 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-03 21:23 ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2020-11-03 20:18 ` [PATCH 0/3] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Junio C Hamano
2020-11-03 20:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-03 21:09 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-03 22:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-04 13:02 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-04 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-04 18:43 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-04 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-04 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-04 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-11 7:10 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-04 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-11 8:12 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-12 13:42 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-12 16:43 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-04 20:06 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-11 8:59 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-12 13:56 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-13 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 20:19 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 20:42 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-13 20:53 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 20:56 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 14:00 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-13 20:44 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-13 21:32 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-13 21:40 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-16 13:13 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-13 20:47 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Eric Sunshine
2020-11-14 9:23 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-16 13:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 21:13 ` [PATCH v4 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-17 21:13 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-17 21:13 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-18 0:34 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 18:30 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 21:13 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-18 6:45 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 18:22 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 21:13 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-18 7:15 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 18:30 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-18 20:54 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-18 21:16 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-17 23:36 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Eric Sunshine
2020-11-24 2:20 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-11-24 2:59 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-17 23:54 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-11-24 4:16 ` [PATCH v5 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 4:16 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 4:16 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 4:16 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 4:16 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-11-27 9:08 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-12-09 19:28 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:28 ` [PATCH v6 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:29 ` [PATCH v6 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:29 ` [PATCH v6 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-09 19:29 ` [PATCH v6 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 0:32 ` [PATCH v6 0/4] Maintenance IV: Platform-specific background maintenance Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10 0:49 ` Eric Sunshine
2020-12-10 1:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-05 12:17 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-01-05 13:08 ` [PATCH v7 " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-05 13:08 ` [PATCH v7 1/4] maintenance: extract platform-specific scheduling Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-05 13:08 ` [PATCH v7 2/4] maintenance: include 'cron' details in docs Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-05 13:08 ` [PATCH v7 3/4] maintenance: use launchctl on macOS Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2021-01-10 6:34 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-01-05 13:08 ` [PATCH v7 4/4] maintenance: use Windows scheduled tasks Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
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