Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 01:06:17AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > >> 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 ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html