On Fri, Apr 02, 2010 at 02:27:21PM +0200, Markus Heidelberg wrote:
> + fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 1);
> + if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
> + commit_locked_index(&index_lock))
> + die("unable to write new_index file");
Does this mean we will fail to run in a read-only repository? I think
that status, like diff, should refresh the index on disk if it _can_,
but as that refresh is a side effect of the main purpose (which is to
output information), it should not be fatal if it cannot do so.
-Peff
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