diff --git a/t/t7508-status.sh b/t/t7508-status.sh
index c317bdef4a80efdfdf110e5780b12a69109ab8e7..a9df7ff7bd0efd987a83f180122873996d866436 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t7508-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7508-status.sh
test_cmp expect output
'
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'status succeeds in a read-only repository' '
+ (
+ chmod a-w .git &&
+ # make dir1/tracked stat-dirty
+ >dir1/tracked1 && mv -f dir1/tracked1 dir1/tracked &&
+ git status -s >output &&
+ ! grep dir1/tracked output &&
+ # make sure "status" succeeded without writing index out
+ git diff-files | grep dir1/tracked
+ )
+ status=$?
+ chmod 775 .git
+ (exit $status)
+'
+
test_done