On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:03:53PM -0500, Daniel Santos wrote: > So first I need to inquire if there is a current mechanism to say "git > status, but please fail if you're busy with a non-atomic operation". If > there is not one, then it would seem that there should be and how do I > go about requesting it? You might be interested in this patch from yesterday: https://public-inbox.org/git/20170921043214.pyhdsrpy4omy54rm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ -Peff