Implement -q (quiet) mode

5 files changed, 25 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/bpkg/bpkg.cxx b/bpkg/bpkg.cxx
index 176cc97..8811ba8 100644
--- a/bpkg/bpkg.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/bpkg.cxx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ parse (const common_options& co, cli::scanner& s)
 
   // Trace verbosity.
   //
-  verb = o.verbose () > 0 ? o.verbose () : (o.v () ? 1 : 0);
+  verb = o.verbose_specified () ? o.verbose () : o.v () ? 2 : o.q () ? 0 : 1;
 
   return o;
 }
diff --git a/bpkg/buildfile b/bpkg/buildfile
index 97c56e5..7bcdab5 100644
--- a/bpkg/buildfile
+++ b/bpkg/buildfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exe{bpkg}: cxx{diagnostics} cli.cxx{common-options} \
 
 cli.options += -I $src_root --include-with-brackets --include-prefix bpkg \
 --guard-prefix BPKG --generate-file-scanner --cli-namespace bpkg::cli \
---generate-parse --long-usage --exclude-base
+--generate-specifier --generate-parse --long-usage --exclude-base
 
 # Option length must be the same to get commands/topics/options lists
 # aligned in the general help.
diff --git a/bpkg/common-options.cli b/bpkg/common-options.cli
index ae18ead..a8b36de 100644
--- a/bpkg/common-options.cli
+++ b/bpkg/common-options.cli
@@ -11,14 +11,20 @@ namespace bpkg
     bool -v
     {
       "Print underlying commands being executed. This is equivalent to
-       \cb{--verbose 1}."
+       \cb{--verbose 2}."
     };
 
-    std::uint16_t --verbose = 0
+    bool -q
+    {
+      "Run quietly, only printing error messages. This is equivalent
+       to \cb{--verbose 0}."
+    };
+
+    std::uint16_t --verbose = 1
     {
       "<level>",
-      "Set the diagnostics verbosity to <level> which can be between 0
-       (disabled) and 5 (lots of information). @@ Need to document
+      "Set the diagnostics verbosity to <level> between 0 (disabled) and
+       5 (lots of information). The default is 1. @@ Need to document
        further."
     };
 
diff --git a/bpkg/diagnostics b/bpkg/diagnostics
index af9bde0..b672282 100644
--- a/bpkg/diagnostics
+++ b/bpkg/diagnostics
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@ namespace bpkg
     print_process (args.data (), args.size ());
   }
 
-  // Trace verbosity level.
+  // Verbosity level.
   //
-  // 0 - tracing disabled.
-  // 1 - TODO
-  // 2 - TODO
-  // 3 - TODO
-  // 4 - TODO
-  // 5 - TODO
+  // 0 - disabled
+  // 1 - general information messages
+  // 2 - underlying commands being executed
+  // 3 - information that could be helpful to the user
+  // 4 - information that could be helpful to the developer
+  // 5 - even more detailed information
   //
   // While uint8 is more than enough, use uint16 for the ease of printing.
   //
diff --git a/bpkg/rep-create.cxx b/bpkg/rep-create.cxx
index 4ee2bab..1b8712a 100644
--- a/bpkg/rep-create.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/rep-create.cxx
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace bpkg
         mf.string ().c_str (),
         nullptr};
 
-      if (verb)
+      if (verb >= 2)
         print_process (args);
 
       try
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ namespace bpkg
       {
         const package_manifest& m (p.second.second);
 
-        text << "adding " << m.name << " " << m.version;
+        if (verb)
+          text << "adding " << m.name << " " << m.version;
+
         m.serialize (s);
       }
 
@@ -252,7 +254,8 @@ namespace bpkg
       fail << "unable to write to " << p;
     }
 
-    text << pm.size () << " package(s)";
+    if (verb)
+      text << pm.size () << " package(s)";
   }
   catch (const invalid_path& e)
   {