[RFC] Strawman replacement local directory state

[Wouter van Heyst]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 02:07:59AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
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> On the down side again, this does require diff and status to take a
> working tree (only the working tree would be needed) write lock, because
> they would be updating a file that add/rename/remove would also affect. 

This would only apply when a working tree is available, ie, diffing
readonly branches still works?

Wouter van Heyst