{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/node-gh/gh/issues/340","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/node-gh/gh/issues/340/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/node-gh/gh/issues/340/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/node-gh/gh/issues/340/events","html_url":"https://github.com/node-gh/gh/issues/340","id":53894797,"number":340,"title":"Drop the logger prefix?","user":{"login":"henvic","id":936421,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/936421?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic","html_url":"https://github.com/henvic","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/henvic/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-01-09T17:49:16Z","updated_at":"2015-01-09T17:49:16Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Currently we add a prefix (defaults to `gh`) to all lines sent to stdout.\r\n\r\nI find it really nice because it's colorful (and reminds me of the irc bots / channels I used during my childhood :grinning: ), but I've some good points against it:\r\n\r\n* no objective, measurable, real value\r\n* goes against the UNIX philosophy of doing one thing\r\n* complicates piping to other processes\r\n* it's a decorator based on taste, not a feature.\r\n* once I merge the changes of git.exec output git clone will show the progress bar (see #270) without it and it's going to feel inconsistent (adding it might be done, but not without sacrificing code quality and with the risk of side-effects).\r\n\r\n[Basics of the Unix Philosophy](www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html)\r\n\r\nWhat about just killing it with no mercy?"}}