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'git commit --short' without touching index?

From
DDaniel <friedan@muon.rutgers.edu>
Date
Jul 3, 2010, 08:30 UTC
Message-ID
<loom.20100703T102242-536@post.gmane.org>
'git commit --short' touches .git/index ('--short' implies '--dry-run').
Is there any equivalent command that does not touch .git/index?

I'm using 'git commit --short' in a script to check if the repository needs attention. At present, it touches .git/index, which causes unnecessary activity in another script running rsync.

thanks, Daniel

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