Add verbose and progress output to CLI tools
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100
Research direction
The issue names no files or tests; start by locating the CLI entry points, large-file operation code, and existing man pages. Trace how operations report status, then define the verbose output, progress indicators, completion statistics, and corresponding man-page updates against the acceptance criteria.
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Description
Improve CLI usability by adding verbose output and progress indicators.
Tasks
- Add
-v/--verboseflag for detailed operation logging - Show progress for large file operations
- Display statistics after completion (files processed, compression ratio, etc.)
Acceptance Criteria
- Verbose mode shows detailed progress
- Statistics displayed on completion
- Man pages are updated to reflect new flags and operations
- Dominant language
- Go
- Stars
- 66
- Forks
- 27
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Getting set up
- No Dockerfile or Docker Compose file
- No pull request template
- Read the contributing guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
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