Disable verbose output on build

Question

When I use ST build system, "built-in output pane" prints various things like expected build output, but also cmd executed, active dir and path variable. Now cmd and dir are just fine, but printing path variable is totally unnecessary for me and it distracts actual output content, as it's just very long string of paths, shadowing all other output.

How can I instruct ST not to print path variable on build?

Answer 1

By adding "quiet": true to the Build System configuration file (JSON), you can prevent all "debug text" from appearing on build failure. This will include:

• shell_cmd
• cmd
• dir
• path

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To exclude only path, you would need to modify the Packages/Default/exec.py file. Under the ExecCommand class, run method, look for self.debug_text += "[path: " and comment the line out.

To get to this file in ST3, you can use Package​Resource​Viewer, and type PRV: in the Command Palette to find Package​Resource​Viewer: Open Resource.

However, note that doing this, will create a file that will override the one that ships with ST3. So it is recommended to delete your override (Preferences -> Browse Packages from the menu, Default folder, exec.py) when a new build of ST comes out, as the official version may change to fix bugs etc. You can then re-apply your changes following the same steps as above, if it is still necessary. (Maybe an option will be added to exclude the path from the output, sometime in the future.)