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

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 20, 2010, 00:35 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.1001200134380.3164@intel-tinevez-2-302>
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<20100120002836.GA16824@coredump.intra.peff.net>
Hi,
On Tue, 19 Jan 2010, Jeff King wrote:
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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 was working on top of 'next'. And only after I fetched afresh from git://repo.or.cz/git.git/.

So for me and my nerves, the patch series came way too late.

Ciao, Dscho

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  3. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2010
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 20, 2010
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