pack-objects: split implications of --all-progress from progress activation

Currently the --all-progress flag is used to use force progress display
during the writing object phase even if output goes to stdout which is
primarily the case during a push operation.  This has the unfortunate
side effect of forcing progress display even if stderr is not a
terminal.

Let's introduce the --all-progress-implied argument which has the same
intent except for actually forcing the activation of any progress
display.  With this, progress display will be automatically inhibited
whenever stderr is not a terminal, or full progress display will be
included otherwise.  This should let people use 'git push' within a cron
job without filling their logs with useless percentage displays.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Jeff King <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: npitre

Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ git-pack-objects - Create a packed archive of objects
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git pack-objects' [-q] [--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
-	[--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N] [--all-progress]
+'git pack-objects' [-q | --progress | --all-progress] [--all-progress-implied]
+	[--no-reuse-delta] [--delta-base-offset] [--non-empty]
+	[--local] [--incremental] [--window=N] [--depth=N]
 	[--revs [--unpacked | --all]*] [--stdout | base-name]
 	[--keep-true-parents] < object-list
 
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ base-name::
 
 --all-progress::
 	When --stdout is specified then progress report is
-	displayed during the object count and deltification phases
+	displayed during the object count and compression phases
 	but inhibited during the write-out phase. The reason is
 	that in some cases the output stream is directly linked
 	to another command which may wish to display progress
@@ -146,6 +147,11 @@ base-name::
 	report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is
 	used.
 
+--all-progress-implied::
+	This is used to imply --all-progress whenever progress display
+	is activated.  Unlike --all-progress this flag doesn't actually
+	force any progress display by itself.
+
 -q::
 	This flag makes the command not to report its progress
 	on the standard error stream.

builtin-pack-objects.c

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 static const char pack_usage[] =
   "git pack-objects [{ -q | --progress | --all-progress }]\n"
+  "        [--all-progress-implied]\n"
   "        [--max-pack-size=N] [--local] [--incremental]\n"
   "        [--window=N] [--window-memory=N] [--depth=N]\n"
   "        [--no-reuse-delta] [--no-reuse-object] [--delta-base-offset]\n"
@@ -2122,6 +2123,7 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int use_internal_rev_list = 0;
 	int thin = 0;
+	int all_progress_implied = 0;
 	uint32_t i;
 	const char **rp_av;
 	int rp_ac_alloc = 64;
@@ -2221,6 +2223,10 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			progress = 2;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (!strcmp("--all-progress-implied", arg)) {
+			all_progress_implied = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
 		if (!strcmp("-q", arg)) {
 			progress = 0;
 			continue;
@@ -2329,6 +2335,9 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		delta_search_threads = online_cpus();
 #endif
 
+	if (progress && all_progress_implied)
+		progress = 2;
+
 	prepare_packed_git();
 
 	if (progress)

builtin-send-pack.c

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int pack_objects(int fd, struct ref *refs, struct extra_have_objects *ext
 	 */
 	const char *argv[] = {
 		"pack-objects",
-		"--all-progress",
+		"--all-progress-implied",
 		"--revs",
 		"--stdout",
 		NULL,

bundle.c

@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int create_bundle(struct bundle_header *header, const char *path,
 
 	/* write pack */
 	argv_pack[0] = "pack-objects";
-	argv_pack[1] = "--all-progress";
+	argv_pack[1] = "--all-progress-implied";
 	argv_pack[2] = "--stdout";
 	argv_pack[3] = "--thin";
 	argv_pack[4] = NULL;