Flush ttystatus output when starting scenario, step

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 2425720..2220611 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@ NEWS for cmdtest
 
 This file summarizes changes between releases of cmdtest.
 
-Version 0.14, released 2015-06-29
+Version 0.16, released 2015-06-30
+---------------------------------
+
+* Flush terminal status output whenever a new scenario or step is
+  started. This ensures the terminal isn't showing an earlier, very
+  fast step, when the actual current step is slow.
+
+Version 0.15, released 2015-06-29
 ---------------------------------
 
 * Steps are indented when yarn is run in `--verbose` mode.
diff --git a/yarn b/yarn
index 9615e5b..faa99f6 100755
--- a/yarn
+++ b/yarn
@@ -291,12 +291,14 @@ class YarnRunner(cliapp.Application):
 
         self.info(0, 'Running scenario %s' % scenario.name)
         self.ts['scenario_name'] = scenario.name
+        self.ts.flush()
         self.scenarios_run += 1
 
         if self.settings['no-act']:
             self.info(0, 'Pretending everything went OK')
             for step in scenario.steps:
                 self.ts['current_step'] = step
+                self.ts.flush()
             self.remember_scenario_timing(time.time() - started)
             return True
 
@@ -404,6 +406,7 @@ class YarnRunner(cliapp.Application):
         self.info(1, 'Running step "%s %s"' % (step.what, step.text))
         self.ts['current_step'] = step
         self.ts['step_name'] = '%s %s' % (step.what, step.text)
+        self.ts.flush()
         self.steps_run += 1
 
         m = self.implements_matches_step(step.implementation, step)