[SOLVED] How to indent output of git-clone

Issue

I've been trying to indent the output of git clone. I tried using sed but it isn't working... here's what I've tried so far.

git clone https://github.com/test/HelloWorld --progress | sed 's/^/  /g'

Does anyone have any ideas?

Solution

Git outputs to both stdout and stderr. To filter both you can use |& or 2&1 |.

It also prints progress lines that are updated in place with \r carriage returns. You could use a regex to also indent those lines in addition to the normal ones. I would also use -u for unbuffered input and output.

git clone https://github.com/test/HelloWorld --progress |&
    sed -ur 's/(^|\r)/\1  /g'

Note that sed is line-based and only prints output when it hits a \n newline. Lines separated with \r carriage returns could be buffered up for a while before being printed.

Answered By - John Kugelman

Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (WPSolving Admin)