From: Daniel <friedan@muon.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:30:31 GMT
Subject: 'git commit --short' without touching index?
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