Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-commit: Add --no-status option

Dmitry V. Levin, Thu, Sep 06, 2007 01:49:53 +0200:

By default, git-commit runs git-runstatus to print changes between
the index and the working tree.  This operation is very costly and
is not always necessary.  New option allows user to commit without
running git-runstatus when appropriate.

Not a very good name for the option. Noone, except for a few, knows
that git-commit runs runstatus. The name makes no sense.

"git-commit --index", perhaps (the current state of index to be
commited). Or "git-commit --prepared" (the commit is prepared and
there can be stored immediately). Even a dumb "--fast" would be
better (because it is the purpose of the patch).

Besides, now when you disabled runstatus, you better check for changes
in the index with something like "git diff --quiet --cached".