From 231f240b63bd6cb1313e8952448b3d5b9d2fdf26 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 10:51:23 -0500 Subject: git-pack-objects progress flag documentation and cleanup This adds documentation for --progress and --all-progress, remove a duplicate --progress handling and make usage string more readable. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt index 5ebe34eebf..fdc6f97289 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt @@ -99,6 +99,23 @@ base-name:: Only create a packed archive if it would contain at least one object. +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if + the standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. + +--all-progress:: + When --stdout is specified then progress report is + displayed during the object count and deltification 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 + status of its own as it processes incoming pack data. + This flag is like --progress except that it forces progress + report for the write-out phase as well even if --stdout is + used. + -q:: This flag makes the command not to report its progress on the standard error stream. -- cgit v1.2.3