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Currently Runtime / VCS commands provides commands output history for both user invoked commands and IDE backgroudn commands. VCS output provides output history for (only) almost all user invoked commands. My expectation is that IDE always provides VCS output for latest command user executed. There could be a property that writes all command parameters and output to a log file for diagnostic purposes rather than to Runtime / VCS Commands.
PERFORMANCE Runtime / VCS Commands consumes a lof of memory UI there is missing concept for reporting commands output, user level commands output is mixed with background commands output.
No log can replace the Runtime! There would be almost impossible to find something in one log file for the user. There also can be private information like passwords, etc. in the execution string. Storing that *anywhere* persistently is potentially a big security problem. I do not see a problem using the Runtime, the output of commands is dumped to disk temporarily, which should minimize the memory consumption.
Performance team is not interested in this issue anymore.