From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A562047F for ; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 16:29:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751879AbdI0Q3C (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:29:02 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:52154 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751823AbdI0Q3B (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:29:01 -0400 Received: (qmail 17352 invoked by uid 109); 27 Sep 2017 16:29:01 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 16:29:01 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 16136 invoked by uid 111); 27 Sep 2017 16:29:40 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:29:40 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:28:58 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:28:58 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Kaartic Sivaraam Cc: Johannes Schindelin , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] git: add --no-optional-locks option Message-ID: <20170927162858.r6a3zx64bhqsoqzp@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20170921043214.pyhdsrpy4omy54rm@sigill.intra.peff.net> <79ed4c34-1727-7c1e-868a-1206902638ad@gmail.com> <20170927064026.5xa3ydaggmknvulw@sigill.intra.peff.net> <1506520205.6209.4.camel@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1506520205.6209.4.camel@gmail.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 07:20:05PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > On Wed, 2017-09-27 at 02:40 -0400, Jeff King wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 01:08:41PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > > > > > > > > So, if I get that correctly "git status --no-optional-locks" is a way to get > > > the "current" status without updating the on disk index file? > > > > It's actually "git --no-optional-locks status", since it's a git-wide > > option (it's just that "status" is the only one who respects it for > > now). > > Thanks for correcting the command. Now let me ask my (corrected) > question again! So, if I get that correctly "git --no-optional- > locks status" is a way to get the "current" status *without updating* > the on disk index file? Yes. -Peff