Subject: Re: [PATCH] builtin/remote.c: show progress when renaming remote references

From: Derrick Stolee <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 13:58:02 -0500

On 3/2/2022 10:52 AM, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 09:32:48AM -0500, Derrick Stolee wrote:
>>> Instead of a more complex modification to the ref transaction code,
>>> display a progress meter when running verbosely in order to convince the
>>> user that Git is doing work while renaming a remote.
>>
>> Thanks for this patch. It improves the user experience through
>> useful feedback.
> 
> Admittedly, it feels like a little bit of a shortcut to avoid modifying
> the ref transaction code, but I think it's an OK short-term solution.
> Thanks for reviewing.

Absolutely. Help the user first. Think about the harder fix on
another timescale.

>>> @@ -682,7 +686,8 @@ static int mv(int argc, const char **argv)
>>>  		old_remote_context = STRBUF_INIT;
>>>  	struct string_list remote_branches = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
>>>  	struct rename_info rename;
>>> -	int i, refspec_updated = 0;
>>> +	int i, j = 0, refspec_updated = 0;
>>
>> My only complaint is that 'j' is not informative enough here.
>>
>> 'j' as a loop iterator is good, but we aren't looping "on" j,
>> but instead tracking a progress_count across multiple loops.
> 
> How about s/j/refs_renamed_nr ?

Even better!

Thanks,
-Stolee