Re: [PATCH] git status: do not require write permission

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 20, 2010, 00:39 UTC
Message-ID: <7vhbqh7gpa.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20100120002836.GA16824@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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> 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.

I think the patch itself makes sense, even though the log message seems to be with more noise and frustrationthan with useful information.

And "for the very last time" is probably a good characterization, as status will no longer be "commit --dry-run" in the coming release ;-)