Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 02:32:55PM -0400, Kevin Willford wrote: > >> @@ -1493,6 +1496,8 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) >> OPT_FILENAME(0, "signature-file", &signature_file, >> N_("add a signature from a file")), >> OPT__QUIET(&quiet, N_("don't print the patch filenames")), >> + OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &show_progress, >> + N_("show progress while generating patches")), > > Earlier I suggested allowing --progress="custom text" since this may be > driven as plumbing for other commands. But I don't think there's any > need to worry about it now. It can be added seamlessly later if we find > such a caller. > >> @@ -1752,8 +1757,12 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) >> start_number--; >> } >> rev.add_signoff = do_signoff; >> + >> + if (show_progress) >> + progress = start_progress_delay(_("Generating patches"), total, 0, 1); > > I don't really have an opinion on a 1 second delay versus 2. I thought > we used 2 pretty consistently, though grepping around I do see a couple > of 1's. It probably doesn't matter, but just a curiosity. Yeah, I also thought 2-second was what we used by default. Perhaps we would want to bring others in line?