checkout: advice how to get out of detached HEAD mode

diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index 18a40257fbb3226a328fdd520231972c111e6265..e1f11293e2299079d59ebbaf9fa6570e2ff9190c 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
@@ -1099,6 +1099,7 @@ EOF
 '
 
 test_expect_success POSIXPERM,SANITY 'status succeeds in a read-only repository' '
+       test_when_finished "chmod 775 .git" &&
        (
                chmod a-w .git &&
                # make dir1/tracked stat-dirty
@@ -1108,9 +1109,6 @@ test_expect_success POSIXPERM,SANITY 'status succeeds in a read-only repository'
                # make sure "status" succeeded without writing index out
                git diff-files | grep dir1/tracked
        )
-       status=$?
-       chmod 775 .git
-       (exit $status)
 '
 
 (cd sm && echo > bar && git add bar && git commit -q -m 'Add bar') && git add sm