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Silence git (no errors, no output, don't speak a word)

I am using git to manage some custom packages. If the package is not in the first repo, I want to run a second command that tries to use a different source. I don't need to tell the user that this is happening. The user doesn't have to know that git exists.

if ! git clone git@gitlab.com:username/repo directory -q
        then
            #do something else
        fi

git still prints a fatal error in the console even with -q

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So how do I silence the little git?

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Two ways:

git clone git@gitlab.com:username/repo directory > /dev/null 2>&1

- older than bash

and



git clone git@gitlab.com:username/repo directory &> /dev/null

- newer bash (above version 4 according to the link below)

Read more on Redirecting I / O in bash . Basically, you are redirecting here to both stdout

, and stderr

to /dev/null

that "nowhere".

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git clone git @ gitlab.com: username / repo directory> / dev / null 2> & 1 - older bash



The above will be more compatible,

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