From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:15:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] don't mention index refreshing side effect in git-status docs
Message-ID: <7vhcirpwdk.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <57518fd10712090816pa43cf97mbc1b8f5fbe81c66f@mail.gmail.com>

"Jonathan del Strother" <maillist@steelskies.com> writes:

> ... the GIT-VERSION-GEN
> script occasionally gives me spurious 'dirty' results (eg when a file
> timestamp changes despite the content having changed).

Good eyes.  Either refreshing before diff-index or using the "git diff"
Porcelain would be more appropriate.