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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh')
| -rwxr-xr-x | contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh | 22 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh index 441571c85a..53a1a025f5 100755 --- a/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh +++ b/contrib/subtree/git-subtree.sh @@ -67,7 +67,27 @@ debug () { progress () { if test -z "$GIT_QUIET" then - printf "%s\r" "$*" >&2 + if test -z "$arg_debug" + then + # Debug mode is off. + # + # Print one progress line that we keep updating (use + # "\r" to return to the beginning of the line, rather + # than "\n" to start a new line). This only really + # works when stderr is a terminal. + printf "%s\r" "$*" >&2 + else + # Debug mode is on. The `debug` function is regularly + # printing to stderr. + # + # Don't do the one-line-with-"\r" thing, because on a + # terminal the debug output would overwrite and hide the + # progress output. Add a "progress:" prefix to make the + # progress output and the debug output easy to + # distinguish. This ensures maximum readability whether + # stderr is a terminal or a file. + printf "progress: %s\n" "$*" >&2 + fi fi } |