Re: [Quilt-dev] quilt edit is a bit noisy

[Jean Delvare]

Hi John,

> > 1* We could change "quilt add" not to exit with status 2 if -q is
> > used, so as to save one test in "quilt edit".
>
> It sounds like this would break something, but I'm merely waving my hands.

Although I can't think of a concrete breakage case, you are probably
right. Doing so wouldn't save that much, and may cause compatibility
trouble. Better forget it.

> > 2* We could change "quilt add" not to display the standard message when
> > actually adding a file (i.e. the success case) when -q is used. This
> > would make "quilt edit" even less noisy.
>
> I agree in principle with this change, and would like to see 'add'
> only report problems as well.

And I wouldn't, which is why I made it an option :) For some reason, I
am fine with "quilt add" shouting at me, but want "quilt edit" to
keep quiet.

The beauty of quilt is that all you will have to do is add
QUILT_ADD_ARGS="-q" to ~/.quiltrc to get the desired behavior.

If anyone really wants it, the quiet behavior of "quilt edit" could be
made an option as well. However, there seemed to be a consensus on the
fact that
"quilt edit" was currently too noisy.

Thanks,
--
Jean Delvare