Make Phinx less verbose by default
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Description
In normal usage it feels like I've added -v to all commands, as Phinx always prints lines about the config file, file format, paths, etc. I would suggest to bump the verbosity levels of those messages (or all, therefore). I can submit a patch for that, but I'm not sure if this would be a "breaking" change?
There's a while I don't use Phinx, but I don't recall all those "headers"... Was it always like this? Or is it a "recent" change?
In red, what seems unnecessary for routine commands, and in green what I'm really expecting of output from phinx status.

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Research direction
Start by reproducing the verbose output from routine Phinx commands, especially phinx status, and locate the CLI handling for message verbosity and headers. Done means routine output keeps the expected status information while config, format, and path details appear only at a higher verbosity level; also verify the behavior change is documented as potentially breaking.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100