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Progress indication for schematics

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area: @angular-devkit/schematics area: @angular/cli feature feature: votes required ng update DX
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Description

Since the `TSLintFixTask` can take a lot of time (e.g. if used to apply source code transformations for `ng-update`), it would be nice to have a progress indicator that shows that "something" actually runs.

For example: if someone runs `ng update @angular/material@next`, it's not clear for a period of time that the fix task actually "runs". See: https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/12774.

An option that can be specified when configuring the `TSlintFixTask` would be nice to have. The option would then show a simple progress indicator while TSLint runs.

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Ideally there would be a way for a schematic to:

* Have an progress-spinner with a name of the schematic currently running
* Report a status (similar to how Bazel `repository_ctx` can report statuses)

Nowadays a lot of schematics need to run as part of an `ng update` and it would be helpful to know what schematic currently runs / what it currently does (if known)

cc. @jelbourn

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Research direction

Start by tracing the TSLintFixTask used during ng update and review how schematics currently report activity. Define the scope for a configurable progress indicator and the broader schematic status reporting described in the issue; done should make long-running fixes visibly active and identify the running schematic when possible.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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