git-annex/doc/todo/add_--json-progress_to_fsck_--json.mdwn

Please add the feature/switch `--json-progress` to `git annex fsck --json`.

For a basic version, it would be nice to show the percentage using the number of processed chunks / total number of chunks for a given file while calculating checksum.

Let's not forget that a file on a remote can be fsck-ed when using `--from <remote>`. In this case if the file is not present locally, the file must be downloaded first (`--json-progress` is already supported for `get`). Usually this takes much-much longer as the checksum calculation. When checking a large file (~1Gb) on a not too fast remote, it's quite a time for the first "response" that something is happening when using the `--json` switch. To be exact, the first and only response is that the check has finished (happy way). It would be nice to see the json progress of the download+checksum calculation.


Test environment:

Docker Community 20.10.5

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)

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> [[done]] via incremental checksum while downloading, for nearly all
> remotes. --[[Joey]]
2021-03-26 12:31:47 +00:00			Please add the feature/switch `--json-progress` to `git annex fsck --json`.

			`For a basic version, it would be nice to show the percentage using the number of processed chunks / total number of chunks for a given file while calculating checksum.`

			Let's not forget that a file on a remote can be fsck-ed when using `--from <remote>`. In this case if the file is not present locally, the file must be downloaded first (`--json-progress` is already supported for `get`). Usually this takes much-much longer as the checksum calculation. When checking a large file (~1Gb) on a not too fast remote, it's quite a time for the first "response" that something is happening when using the `--json` switch. To be exact, the first and only response is that the check has finished (happy way). It would be nice to see the json progress of the download+checksum calculation.

2021-03-26 12:34:01 +00:00
2021-03-26 12:31:47 +00:00			`Test environment:`
2021-03-26 12:34:01 +00:00
2021-03-26 12:31:47 +00:00			`Docker Community 20.10.5`
2021-03-26 12:34:01 +00:00
2021-03-26 12:31:47 +00:00			`Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (Focal Fossa)`
2021-03-26 12:34:01 +00:00
2021-03-26 12:31:47 +00:00			`git-annex version: 8.20210224-gf951847c6 (kitenet: SHA256E-s51232145--1e57d2e334cffdb3c3874785cfba4f6d5fc521808d0b1deef4fb68160dd88d48.tar.gz)`
2021-03-26 12:34:01 +00:00
close 2022-12-26 17:31:09 +00:00			`> [[done]] via incremental checksum while downloading, for nearly all`
			`> remotes. --[[Joey]]`