intellij idea - What Git '--progress' flag is for and how to use it -

today have noticed in ide (intellij) when 'commit , push' ide level can see in version control output tab intellij using following command:

git push --progress origin storybrancha:storybrancha 

i wonder how can use 'progress' flag outside of ide, there nice usage explained somewhere cannot find flag, , why ide specifying branch commit storybrancha:storybrancha , not simply

git push --progress origin storybrancha 

regards kris

the man page git push seems have documented flag:

--progress

progress status reported on standard error stream default when attached terminal, unless -q specified. flag forces progress status if standard error stream not directed terminal.

since intellij not launching program under terminal, it’s asking git report progress anyway.

the reason specifying both local , remote refspec on git push command line never optimized case when both sides same. storybrancha equivalent storybrancha:storybrancha. possible have branch named 1 way locally, , way remotely. in case, you'd see storybrancha:someotherref on command line.

you don't want use git push blindly because settings may have git push setup push tracking branches, rather single branch intended.