[MERGE] fix #306394 (status handle non-existent files too)

[Ian Clatworthy]

Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> Karl Fogel wrote:

>> +            for nonexistent in nonexistents:
>> +                if short:
>> +                    prefix = 'X  '
>> +                else:
>> +                    prefix = ' '
>> +                to_file.write("%s %s\n" % (prefix, nonexistent))
> 
> The calculation of prefix should probably be done outside the loop.
> In practice, this ought to happen *so* rarely that's it very minor though.

Hmmm - I've left it as is and put a comment in as to why doing it there
is fine.

> I'll make the necessary tweaks, including splitting the tests as Jelmer
> suggested, and merge.

Done and sent to PQM.

Ian C.