Force output to be line-buffered, even when it's not connected to the terminal.

This is particuarly important for commands with --batch output, which was
not always being flushed at an appropriate time.

Messages.hs

@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ setupConsole = do
 		<*> pure preciseLogFormatter
 	updateGlobalLogger rootLoggerName (setLevel NOTICE . setHandlers [s])
 	setConsoleEncoding
+	{- Force output to be line buffered. This is normally the case when
+	 - it's connected to a terminal, but may not be when redirected to
+	 - a file or a pipe. -}
+	hSetBuffering stdout LineBuffering
+	hSetBuffering stderr LineBuffering
 
 {- Log formatter with precision into fractions of a second. -}
 preciseLogFormatter :: LogFormatter a

debian/changelog

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ git-annex (6.20160115) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * whereis --json: Urls are now listed inside the remote that claims them,
     rather than all together at the end.
   * info: Support --batch mode.
+  * Force output to be line-buffered, even when it's not connected to the
+    terminal. This is particuarly important for commands with --batch
+    output, which was not always being flushed at an appropriate time.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 14:05:01 -0400