feat(main): add silent mode to suppress output messages

* implement --silent flag to control output verbosity
* update error handling to restore stderr after silent mode
* enhance progress reporting in PostgreSQL reader

cmd/relspec/diff.go

@@ -229,43 +229,43 @@ func readDatabase(dbType, filePath, connString, label string) (*models.Database,
 		if filePath == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: file path is required for DBML format", label)
 		}
-		reader = dbml.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{FilePath: filePath})
+		reader = dbml.NewReader(newReaderOptions(filePath, ""))
 
 	case "dctx":
 		if filePath == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: file path is required for DCTX format", label)
 		}
-		reader = dctx.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{FilePath: filePath})
+		reader = dctx.NewReader(newReaderOptions(filePath, ""))
 
 	case "drawdb":
 		if filePath == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: file path is required for DrawDB format", label)
 		}
-		reader = drawdb.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{FilePath: filePath})
+		reader = drawdb.NewReader(newReaderOptions(filePath, ""))
 
 	case "json":
 		if filePath == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: file path is required for JSON format", label)
 		}
-		reader = json.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{FilePath: filePath})
+		reader = json.NewReader(newReaderOptions(filePath, ""))
 
 	case "yaml":
 		if filePath == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: file path is required for YAML format", label)
 		}
-		reader = yaml.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{FilePath: filePath})
+		reader = yaml.NewReader(newReaderOptions(filePath, ""))
 
 	case "sqldir", "scripts", "scriptdir":
 		if filePath == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: file path is required for SQL directory format", label)
 		}
-		reader = sqldir.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{FilePath: filePath})
+		reader = sqldir.NewReader(newReaderOptions(filePath, ""))
 
 	case "pgsql", "postgres", "postgresql":
 		if connString == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: connection string is required for PostgreSQL format", label)
 		}
-		reader = pgsql.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{ConnectionString: connString})
+		reader = pgsql.NewReader(newReaderOptions("", connString))
 
 	case "sqlite", "sqlite3":
 		// SQLite can use either file path or connection string
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func readDatabase(dbType, filePath, connString, label string) (*models.Database,
 		if dbPath == "" {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: file path or connection string is required for SQLite format", label)
 		}
-		reader = sqlite.NewReader(&readers.ReaderOptions{FilePath: dbPath})
+		reader = sqlite.NewReader(newReaderOptions(dbPath, ""))
 
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported database format: %s", label, dbType)

cmd/relspec/main.go

@@ -6,9 +6,40 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	printVersionHeader(os.Args[1:])
-	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+	args := os.Args[1:]
+	isSilent := hasSilentFlag(args)
+	if !isSilent {
+		printVersionHeader(args)
+	}
+
+	previousStderr := os.Stderr
+	var nullOutput *os.File
+	if isSilent {
+		var err error
+		nullOutput, err = os.OpenFile(os.DevNull, os.O_WRONLY, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Fprintln(previousStderr, err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		os.Stderr = nullOutput
+	}
+
+	err := rootCmd.Execute()
+	if nullOutput != nil {
+		os.Stderr = previousStderr
+		nullOutput.Close()
+	}
+	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
+
+func hasSilentFlag(args []string) bool {
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		if arg == "--silent" || arg == "--silent=true" {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}

cmd/relspec/merge.go

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func runMerge(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Step 1: Read target database
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[1/3] Reading target database...\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "[1/4] Reading target database...\n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "      Format: %s\n", mergeTargetType)
 	if mergeTargetPath != "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "      Path:   %s\n", mergeTargetPath)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ func runMerge(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	printDatabaseStats(targetDB)
 
 	// Step 2: Read source database(s)
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n[2/3] Reading source database...\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n[2/4] Reading source database...\n")
 	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "      Format: %s\n", mergeSourceType)
 
 	var sourceDB *models.Database
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func runMerge(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	printDatabaseStats(sourceDB)
 
 	// Step 3: Merge databases
-	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n[3/3] Merging databases...\n")
+	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n[3/4] Merging databases...\n")
 
 	opts := &merge.MergeOptions{
 		SkipDomains:   mergeSkipDomains,
@@ -267,6 +267,9 @@ func runMerge(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	if mergeOutputPath != "" {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "      Path:   %s\n", mergeOutputPath)
 	}
+	if mergeOutputConn != "" {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "      Conn:   %s\n", maskPassword(mergeOutputConn))
+	}
 
 	err = writeDatabaseForMerge(mergeOutputType, mergeOutputPath, mergeOutputConn, targetDB, "Output", mergeFlattenSchema)
 	if err != nil {

cmd/relspec/prisma_options.go

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
 	"git.warky.dev/wdevs/relspecgo/pkg/readers"
 	"git.warky.dev/wdevs/relspecgo/pkg/writers"
 )
@@ -11,6 +14,9 @@ func newReaderOptions(filePath, connString string) *readers.ReaderOptions {
 		ConnectionString: connString,
 		Prisma7:          prisma7,
 		StrictDirectives: strictDirectives,
+		Progress: func(message string) {
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "      → %s\n", message)
+		},
 	}
 }
 

cmd/relspec/root.go

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var (
 	buildDate        = "unknown"
 	prisma7          bool
 	noVersion        bool
+	silent           bool
 	strictDirectives bool
 )
 
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(reportCmd)
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&prisma7, "prisma7", false, "Use Prisma 7 generator conventions when reading/writing Prisma schemas")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&noVersion, "no-version", false, "Suppress the RelSpec version header")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&silent, "silent", false, "Suppress progress and status messages (errors are still shown)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&strictDirectives, "strict-directives", false, "Fail on unknown or untranslatable DBML dialect directives (@postgres:, @sqlite:, …)")
 }