From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:28:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git status: do not require write permission
Message-ID: <20100120002836.GA16824@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.1001200105230.3164@intel-tinevez-2-302>

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 01:06:17AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> Today, git status played violin on my nerves for the very last time.
> There is no good reason, really none, for git status to require
> write permissions.  If the index is not up-to-date, so be it, I
> cannot commit anyway.

I agree it is annoying, but this patch does not apply (and is no longer
needed) on master since the status-is-no-longer-commit-dry-run series
has been merged.

I don't know if it is worth putting your fix onto maint.

-Peff