[PATCH 1/2] format-patch: have progress option while generating patches

2017-05-31 Thread Kevin Willford
When generating patches for the rebase command if the user does not realize the branch they are rebasing onto is thousands of commits different there is no progress indication after initial rewinding message. This patch allows a progress option to be passed to format-patch so that the user can be

Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: have progress option while generating patches

2017-05-31 Thread Stefan Beller
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Kevin Willford wrote: > When generating patches for the rebase command if the user does > not realize the branch they are rebasing onto is thousands of > commits different there is no progress indication after initial > rewinding message. > > This patch allows a pr

RE: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: have progress option while generating patches

2017-05-31 Thread Kevin Willford
> -Original Message- > From: git-ow...@vger.kernel.org [mailto:git-ow...@vger.kernel.org] On > Behalf Of Stefan Beller > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 12:40 PM > To: Kevin Willford > Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; Junio C Hamano ; Kevin > Willford > Subject: Re: [PATCH

Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: have progress option while generating patches

2017-05-31 Thread Jeff King
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 08:04:26AM -0700, Kevin Willford wrote: > When generating patches for the rebase command if the user does > not realize the branch they are rebasing onto is thousands of > commits different there is no progress indication after initial > rewinding message. > > This patch a

Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: have progress option while generating patches

2017-05-31 Thread Junio C Hamano
Jeff King writes: > As I said above, I think I'd prefer it to require "--progress", as > format-patch is quite often used as plumbing. Yes, that sounds sensible. Initially, my reaction was "Why do we even need --progress for format-patch, when it gives one-line per patch output to show the prog

Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: have progress option while generating patches

2017-06-01 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Peff, On Wed, 31 May 2017, Jeff King wrote: > I'm generally in favor of progress meters, though it does seem a little > funny to me that we'd need one on format-patch. When working with huge repositories with a large number of branches, it is all too easy to pick the wrong branch to rebase to

Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: have progress option while generating patches

2017-06-01 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 01:15:57PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > On Wed, 31 May 2017, Jeff King wrote: > > > I'm generally in favor of progress meters, though it does seem a little > > funny to me that we'd need one on format-patch. > > When working with huge repositories with a large numb