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

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 01:06:17AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

quoted

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 don't know if it is worth putting your fix onto maint.

I think the patch itself makes sense, even though the log message seems to
be with more noise and frustrationthan with useful information.

And "for the very last time" is probably a good characterization, as
status will no longer be "commit --dry-run" in the coming release ;-)