On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 06:34:13PM +0200, Clemens Buchacher wrote: > Hello Tobias, > > On Sat, Sep 03, 2011 at 12:57:23PM +0200, Tobias Ulmer wrote: > > > > my distro updated git to 1.7.6.1. Now git push --quiet, used in various > > scripts, blows up against 1.7.6. I don't know how backwards compatible > > git tries to be, but in my opinion that seems like a regression for a > > patchlevel release. > > Yes, that's a good point. I did not consider that. > > > The problem seems to be that the remote git receive-pack does not > > understand --quiet. Maybe it is possible to check for the remote version > > before sending incompatible commandline parameters? > > Indeed, that's what we must do. I am sending three patches in reply > to this email: > > [PATCH 1/3] tests for push --quiet > [PATCH 2/3] fix push --quiet via http > [PATCH 3/3] push: old receive-pack does not understand --quiet > > The third one fixes this issue on the client side. It does not > depend on the first two. It applies to v1.7.6.1, maint, and master. > Would be great if you could test. Hi Clemens, I've just gotten round to test patch 3/3 and it works perfectly against 1.7.6 as well as 1.7.6.1. It suppresses the output if the remote git version is 1.7.6.1, like it should. Thanks for your quick response, Tobias > > Thanks, > Clemens -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html