Hi, On Fri, 16 Sep 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Kevin Wern <kevin.m.wern@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Add option RUN_COMMAND_NO_STDOUT, which sets no_stdout on a child > > process. > > > > This will be used by git clone when calling index-pack on a downloaded > > packfile. > > If it is just one caller, would't it make more sense for that caller > set no_stdout explicitly itself? Taking a step back, maybe it is not such a good idea to swallow the output in all cases, including the error cases? Maybe the best course of action is to hide stdout/stderr by default but show it in case of a non-zero exit code, i.e. using https://public-inbox.org/git/6383b7afcdeb6c999862aa32ba437997f2dd3d4e.1472633606.git.johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx/ ? Ciao, Dscho