From f8a48b61fc95b9a7a4afc4d7a28c358439dbf6ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Haller <stefan@haller-berlin.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:47:35 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Suppress output from background fetch

However, show it when there was an error. This is important for the case that a
fork that you have as a remote was deleted, in which case the command log is the
only way to get notified about that.
---
 pkg/commands/git_commands/sync.go         |  1 +
 pkg/commands/git_commands/sync_test.go    |  5 +++++
 pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go        | 15 +++++++++++++++
 pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go | 12 +++++++++++-
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync.go
index 0f5559a7b..d64a0910c 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync.go
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ func (self *SyncCommands) FetchBackgroundCmdObj() *oscommands.CmdObj {
 
 	cmdObj := self.cmd.New(cmdArgs)
 	cmdObj.DontLog().FailOnCredentialRequest()
+	cmdObj.SuppressOutputUnlessError()
 	return cmdObj
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync_test.go
index 99f934a16..fdc44a6b9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/sync_test.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ func TestSyncPush(t *testing.T) {
 			if err == nil {
 				assert.True(t, cmdObj.ShouldLog())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.GetCredentialStrategy(), oscommands.PROMPT)
+				assert.False(t, cmdObj.ShouldSuppressOutputUnlessError())
 			}
 			s.test(cmdObj, err)
 		})
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@ func TestSyncFetch(t *testing.T) {
 			test: func(cmdObj *oscommands.CmdObj) {
 				assert.True(t, cmdObj.ShouldLog())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.GetCredentialStrategy(), oscommands.PROMPT)
+				assert.False(t, cmdObj.ShouldSuppressOutputUnlessError())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.Args(), []string{"git", "fetch", "--no-write-fetch-head"})
 			},
 		},
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ func TestSyncFetch(t *testing.T) {
 			test: func(cmdObj *oscommands.CmdObj) {
 				assert.True(t, cmdObj.ShouldLog())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.GetCredentialStrategy(), oscommands.PROMPT)
+				assert.False(t, cmdObj.ShouldSuppressOutputUnlessError())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.Args(), []string{"git", "fetch", "--all", "--no-write-fetch-head"})
 			},
 		},
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ func TestSyncFetchBackground(t *testing.T) {
 			test: func(cmdObj *oscommands.CmdObj) {
 				assert.False(t, cmdObj.ShouldLog())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.GetCredentialStrategy(), oscommands.FAIL)
+				assert.True(t, cmdObj.ShouldSuppressOutputUnlessError())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.Args(), []string{"git", "fetch", "--no-write-fetch-head"})
 			},
 		},
@@ -171,6 +175,7 @@ func TestSyncFetchBackground(t *testing.T) {
 			test: func(cmdObj *oscommands.CmdObj) {
 				assert.False(t, cmdObj.ShouldLog())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.GetCredentialStrategy(), oscommands.FAIL)
+				assert.True(t, cmdObj.ShouldSuppressOutputUnlessError())
 				assert.Equal(t, cmdObj.Args(), []string{"git", "fetch", "--all", "--no-write-fetch-head"})
 			},
 		},
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
index 96392dcb4..24d2ca511 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ type CmdObj struct {
 	// see StreamOutput()
 	streamOutput bool
 
+	// see SuppressOutputUnlessError()
+	suppressOutputUnlessError bool
+
 	// see UsePty()
 	usePty bool
 
@@ -123,6 +126,18 @@ func (self *CmdObj) StreamOutput() *CmdObj {
 	return self
 }
 
+// when you call this, the streamed output will be suppressed unless there is an error
+func (self *CmdObj) SuppressOutputUnlessError() *CmdObj {
+	self.suppressOutputUnlessError = true
+
+	return self
+}
+
+// returns true if SuppressOutputUnlessError() was called
+func (self *CmdObj) ShouldSuppressOutputUnlessError() bool {
+	return self.suppressOutputUnlessError
+}
+
 // returns true if StreamOutput() was called
 func (self *CmdObj) ShouldStreamOutput() bool {
 	return self.streamOutput
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
index 953937706..b964edce7 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
@@ -227,7 +227,13 @@ func (self *cmdObjRunner) runAndStreamAux(
 	cmdObj *CmdObj,
 	onRun func(*cmdHandler, io.Writer),
 ) error {
-	cmdWriter := self.guiIO.newCmdWriterFn()
+	var cmdWriter io.Writer
+	var combinedOutput bytes.Buffer
+	if cmdObj.ShouldSuppressOutputUnlessError() {
+		cmdWriter = &combinedOutput
+	} else {
+		cmdWriter = self.guiIO.newCmdWriterFn()
+	}
 
 	if cmdObj.ShouldLog() {
 		self.logCmdObj(cmdObj)
@@ -267,6 +273,10 @@ func (self *cmdObjRunner) runAndStreamAux(
 	self.log.Infof("%s (%s)", cmdObj.ToString(), time.Since(t))
 
 	if err != nil {
+		if cmdObj.suppressOutputUnlessError {
+			_, _ = self.guiIO.newCmdWriterFn().Write(combinedOutput.Bytes())
+		}
+
 		errStr := stderr.String()
 		if errStr != "" {
 			return errors.New(errStr)