For internal use only: add a -text-only flag to src batch [apply|preview]

[mrnugget]

This adds a -text-only flag to src batch [apply|preview] that is for internal use only.

It's a highly-experimental feature that should not be used if you're not sure about what you're doing.

[LawnGnome]

One semi-related thought: right now we have a fairly half-arsed attempt at a non-fancy mode in output to handle the case where the output isn't going directly to a terminal. I'm thinking we might want to remove that and use this as the default once we have this fully implemented.

[mrnugget]

One semi-related thought: right now we have a fairly half-arsed attempt at a non-fancy mode in output to handle the case where the output isn't going directly to a terminal. I'm thinking we might want to remove that and use this as the default once we have this fully implemented.

Ah, yes. I forgot about that. Question is though: is the text output for human or machine consumption? Because what's in here is definitely for machines.

[LawnGnome]

Question is though: is the text output for human or machine consumption?

More human, but I'm not super convinced it's actually very useful for that.

[mrnugget]

@sourcegraph/batchers As discussed yesterday: I want to get this in. I have some ideas on how to reduce the code duplication, but since that would require touching the old code I'd rather add a bit of duplication for now to get something running fast than to touch and possibly break the old code. For that I want to take my time.