Unified vops processing and more

• virtual ops are processed in the same way,
• methods simplified: removed hived and is_initial_sync
• Removed checkpoints as it is not supported,
• Improved follow logging
• Improved git revision reporting
• Added some more logging

added 6 commits

• 155f3d82...6f91cc38 - 5 commits from branch develop
• 8b09c305 - Merge branch 'develop' into 'dk-unified-vops-processing'

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mentioned in commit 411e65b9