From a756b5b43135de158560389bd929cfaac7383161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Spencer Uresk <63801+suresk@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:14:16 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] rn-140: add "Reading git status without running git" to light reading Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- rev_news/drafts/edition-140.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/rev_news/drafts/edition-140.md b/rev_news/drafts/edition-140.md index 2f9c63329..f7d82ef8d 100644 --- a/rev_news/drafts/edition-140.md +++ b/rev_news/drafts/edition-140.md @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ __Various__ __Light reading__ ++ [Reading git status without running git](https://getgitmon.com/guides/read-git-status-without-running-git) + by Spencer Uresk on the GitMon website. + How a macOS menu bar app reads the index, refs and pack files directly, + and uses the index's cache-tree extension to avoid reading HEAD's tree at all + in the common case where nothing is staged.