By default print some messages to the console.

Also added a silent option if someone don't want
those messages.

bin/next-export

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ process.env.NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production'
 const argv = parseArgs(process.argv.slice(2), {
   alias: {
     h: 'help',
-    v: 'verbose',
+    s: 'silent',
     o: 'outdir'
   },
   boolean: ['h'],
   default: {
-    v: false,
+    s: false,
     o: null
   }
 })
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ if (argv.help) {
 
     Options
       -h - list this help
-      -v - run export with the verbose mode
       -o - set the output dir (defaults to '.out')
+      -s - do not print any messages to console
   `)
   process.exit(0)
 }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if (!existsSync(join(dir, 'pages'))) {
 }
 
 const options = {
-  verbose: argv.verbose,
+  silent: argv.silent,
   outdir: argv.outdir ? resolve(argv.outdir) : resolve(dir, '.out')
 }
 

server/export.js

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ export default async function (dir, options) {
   const outDir = options.outdir
   const nextDir = join(dir, '.next')
 
+  log(`  Exporting to: ${outDir}\n`)
+
   if (!existsSync(nextDir)) {
     console.error('Build your with "next build" before running "next start".')
     process.exit(1)
@@ -64,9 +66,7 @@ export default async function (dir, options) {
   }
 
   for (const path of exportPaths) {
-    if (options.verbose) {
-      console.log(`  exporing path: ${path}`)
-    }
+    log(`  exporing path: ${path}`)
 
     const { page, query } = exportPathMap[path]
     const req = { url: path }
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ export default async function (dir, options) {
     const html = await renderToHTML(req, res, page, query, renderOpts)
     writeFileSync(htmlFilepath, html, 'utf8')
   }
+
+  // Add an empty line to the console for the better readability.
+  log('')
+
+  function log (message) {
+    if (options.silent) return
+    console.log(message)
+  }
 }
 
 function copyPages (nextDir, outDir, buildId) {