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Re:CLI Guidelines – A guide to help you write better command... by djrhails on Saturday December 05, 2020 @06:56AM (#25313894)
I think the problem with this approach is when you start to utilise large (normally mono) repos the earlier stages can take significant time.

Then you're in a condumdrum of if you make the loading more generic or have an input lag to get to "writing objects".

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Re:CLI Guidelines – A guide to help you write better command... by account42 on Monday December 07, 2020 @07:05AM (#25331365)
You could have temporary progress information that (by default) gets overwritten when in an interactive terminal.
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