Merge branch 'maint'

diff --git a/git-commit.sh b/git-commit.sh
index cad16a5e868730dd56f79baf711aed138d7cafe1..b8c00b823656f36f6a6f38493b9569831db713b1 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-commit.sh
+++ b/git-commit.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ git-rev-parse --verify HEAD >/dev/null 2>&1 || initial_commit=t
 case "$0" in
 *status)
        status_only=t
-       unmerged_ok_if_status=--unmerged ;;
+       ;;
 *commit)
        status_only=
-       unmerged_ok_if_status= ;;
+       ;;
 esac
 
 refuse_partial () {
@@ -393,16 +393,17 @@ else
        USE_INDEX="$THIS_INDEX"
 fi
 
-GIT_INDEX_FILE="$USE_INDEX" \
-       git-update-index -q $unmerged_ok_if_status --refresh || exit
-
-################################################################
-# If the request is status, just show it and exit.
-
-case "$0" in
-*status)
+case "$status_only" in
+t)
+       # This will silently fail in a read-only repository, which is
+       # what we want.
+       GIT_INDEX_FILE="$USE_INDEX" git-update-index -q --unmerged --refresh
        run_status
        exit $?
+       ;;
+'')
+       GIT_INDEX_FILE="$USE_INDEX" git-update-index -q --refresh || exit
+       ;;
 esac
 
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