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From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:32:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initial plan


From a86fccaf1e2d1be4d31fe4ad4209cd876d86c180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:38:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add show_progress() to globally suppress MGT progress
 bars

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Co-authored-by: alexarje <114316+alexarje@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 musicalgestures/__init__.py |  1 +
 musicalgestures/_utils.py   | 30 +++++++++++++++++
 tests/test_utils.py         | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 97 insertions(+)

diff --git a/musicalgestures/__init__.py b/musicalgestures/__init__.py
index 756e8b5..441eb20 100644
--- a/musicalgestures/__init__.py
+++ b/musicalgestures/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     ffmpeg_cmd,
     get_length,
     generate_outfilename,
+    show_progress,
 )
 from musicalgestures._mglist import MgList
 
diff --git a/musicalgestures/_utils.py b/musicalgestures/_utils.py
index 0c8bb6e..f0b3d6d 100644
--- a/musicalgestures/_utils.py
+++ b/musicalgestures/_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,31 @@
 from typing import Union, Tuple
 
+#: Module-level flag controlling whether progress bars are shown.
+#: Use :func:`show_progress` to change this setting.
+_SHOW_PROGRESS: bool = True
+
+
+def show_progress(enabled: bool) -> None:
+    """Enable or disable the MGT progress bars globally.
+
+    Disabling the progress bars is useful when running batch processing jobs or
+    when the output is captured by a logging framework where the repeated
+    ``\\r`` updates would clutter the log.
+
+    Args:
+        enabled (bool): Pass ``True`` to show progress bars (default behaviour)
+            or ``False`` to suppress them.
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> import musicalgestures as mg
+        >>> mg.show_progress(False)  # suppress all progress bars
+        >>> # … batch processing …
+        >>> mg.show_progress(True)   # re-enable for interactive use
+    """
+    global _SHOW_PROGRESS
+    _SHOW_PROGRESS = bool(enabled)
+
+
 class MgProgressbar():
     """
     Calls in a loop to create terminal progress bar.
@@ -132,6 +158,10 @@ def progress(self, iteration):
         """
         if self.finished:
             return
+        if not _SHOW_PROGRESS:
+            if iteration >= self.total:
+                self.finished = True
+            return
         import sys
         import shutil
 
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 4697eb9..ad4ff04 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import musicalgestures
 from musicalgestures._utils import *
+import musicalgestures._utils as _utils_module
 import numpy as np
 import os
 import itertools
@@ -169,6 +170,71 @@ def test_repr(self):
         assert print(pb) == None
 
 
+class Test_show_progress:
+    def setup_method(self):
+        # Always restore the default state after each test
+        _utils_module._SHOW_PROGRESS = True
+
+    def teardown_method(self):
+        _utils_module._SHOW_PROGRESS = True
+
+    def test_show_progress_default_is_true(self):
+        assert _utils_module._SHOW_PROGRESS is True
+
+    def test_show_progress_disable(self):
+        show_progress(False)
+        assert _utils_module._SHOW_PROGRESS is False
+
+    def test_show_progress_enable(self):
+        _utils_module._SHOW_PROGRESS = False
+        show_progress(True)
+        assert _utils_module._SHOW_PROGRESS is True
+
+    def test_show_progress_exposed_on_module(self):
+        # Ensure show_progress is accessible via the top-level package
+        assert hasattr(musicalgestures, 'show_progress')
+        assert callable(musicalgestures.show_progress)
+
+    def test_progress_bar_suppressed_does_not_print(self, capsys):
+        show_progress(False)
+        pb = MgProgressbar(total=100)
+        for step in range(103):
+            pb.progress(step)
+        captured = capsys.readouterr()
+        assert captured.out == ""
+
+    def test_progress_bar_suppressed_marks_finished(self):
+        show_progress(False)
+        pb = MgProgressbar(total=100)
+        assert not pb.finished
+        pb.progress(200)
+        assert pb.finished
+
+    def test_progress_bar_suppressed_finished_returns_early(self):
+        show_progress(False)
+        pb = MgProgressbar(total=100)
+        pb.finished = True
+        # Should return immediately without touching _SHOW_PROGRESS check
+        assert pb.progress(50) == None
+
+    def test_progress_bar_enabled_after_disable(self, capsys):
+        show_progress(False)
+        pb = MgProgressbar(total=100)
+        pb.could_not_get_terminal_window = True
+        for step in range(50):
+            pb.progress(step)
+        show_progress(True)
+        pb2 = MgProgressbar(total=100)
+        pb2.could_not_get_terminal_window = True
+        import time
+        for step in range(103):
+            time.sleep(0.01)
+            pb2.progress(step)
+        captured = capsys.readouterr()
+        # pb2 ran with progress bars enabled so output should be non-empty
+        assert len(captured.out) > 0
+
+
 class Test_roundup:
     def test_positive(self):
         assert roundup(10, 4) == 12