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From: Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] gitk: refresh index before checking for local changes
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 12:48:29 -0400
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On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> A Large Angry SCM <gitzilla@gmail.com> writes:
>> NAK - gitk should not modify a repository and/or working dir unless
>> _explicitly_ prompted to by the user.
>
> I used to think that way, until I realized that gitk has operations like
> "Tag this commit" that does write into the repository.

Also 'git status' does the same "modify a repository" operation as
we're currently discussing, so calling it modification is a bit of an
exaggeration.

Avery