Re: Fwd: git status options feature suggestion

BTW, in case anybody is interested, here is the patch. Like I said, I
think we are better off with an alternative to "status", but maybe this
is useful to somebody anyway.

---

diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c
index b01ad9f..8951364 100644
--- a/builtin-commit.c
+++ b/builtin-commit.c

@@ -217,7 +217,8 @@ static void create_base_index(void)
 		exit(128); /* We've already reported the error, finish dying */
 }
 
-static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
+		int status_only)
 {
 	int fd;
 	struct string_list partial;

@@ -270,7 +271,13 @@ static char *prepare_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 * We still need to refresh the index here.
 	 */
 	if (!pathspec || !*pathspec) {
-		fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
+		fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 0);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			if (!status_only)
+				die("unable to lock index: %s",
+						strerror(errno));
+			return get_index_file();
+		}
 		refresh_cache(REFRESH_QUIET);