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Trying to redirect 'git gc' output

I have a @daily job in the crontab that runs git gc on all the repos. I'm trying to set up a log file for the job but I/O redirection does not produce the results I am looking for; I get a blank file.

I've done all the usual >, 2>&1 and so on without any success.

Someone mentioned to me that git gc uses ncurses for its output procedures which throws output directly to the console, thus bypassing stdout/stderr (correct me if I'm wrong here).

Can some one point me in the right direction?

Solution

  • You can try this:

    script -q -c 'git gc' > log

    Or this (with more readable output):

    script -q -c 'git gc' | sed 's/\r.*//g' > log