The --progress flag will now automatically be used if possible when doing any push or fetch operation

Author: Byron

git/db/cmd/base.py

@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ def get_push_info(repo, remotename_or_url, proc, progress):
 	finalize_process(proc)
 	return output
 
+def add_progress(kwargs, git):
+	"""Add the --progress flag to the given kwargs dict if supported by the 
+	git command
+	:return: possibly altered kwargs"""
+	v = git.version_info
+	if v[0] > 1 or v[1] > 7 or v[2] > 0 or v[3] > 3:
+		kwargs['progress'] = True
+	#END handle --progress
+	return kwargs
+
 #} END utilities
 
 class CmdRemoteProgress(RemoteProgress):
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@ def push(self, url, refspecs=None, progress=None, **kwargs):
 		:param refspecs: single string, RefSpec instance or list of such or None.
 		:param progress: RemoteProgress derived instance or None
 		:param **kwargs: Additional arguments to be passed to the git-push process"""
-		proc = self._git.push(url, refspecs, porcelain=True, as_process=True, **kwargs)
+		proc = self._git.push(url, refspecs, porcelain=True, as_process=True, **add_progress(kwargs, self.git))
 		return get_push_info(self, url, proc, CmdRemoteProgress(progress))
 
 	def pull(self, url, refspecs=None, progress=None, **kwargs):
@@ -527,15 +537,15 @@ def pull(self, url, refspecs=None, progress=None, **kwargs):
 		:param url: may be a remote name or a url
 		:param refspecs: see push()
 		:param progress: see push()"""
-		proc = self._git.pull(url, refspecs, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True, v=True, **kwargs)
+		proc = self._git.pull(url, refspecs, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True, v=True, **add_progress(kwargs, self.git))
 		return get_fetch_info_from_stderr(self, proc, CmdRemoteProgress(progress))
 
 	def fetch(self, url, refspecs=None, progress=None, **kwargs):
 		"""Fetch the latest changes
 		:param url: may be a remote name or a url
 		:param refspecs: see push()
 		:param progress: see push()"""
-		proc = self._git.fetch(url, refspecs, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True, v=True, **kwargs)
+		proc = self._git.fetch(url, refspecs, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True, v=True, **add_progress(kwargs, self.git))
 		return get_fetch_info_from_stderr(self, proc, CmdRemoteProgress(progress))
 
 	#} end transport db interface
@@ -740,7 +750,7 @@ def _clone(cls, git, url, path, progress, **kwargs):
 		# END windows handling 
 
 		try:
-			proc = git.clone(url, path, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True, v=True, **kwargs)
+			proc = git.clone(url, path, with_extended_output=True, as_process=True, v=True, **add_progress(kwargs, git))
 			if progress is not None:
 				digest_process_messages(proc.stderr, progress)
 			#END digest progress messages