Re: emacs-31 a9fc13614ec: Export GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0 for "git status" invocations (bug#80903)

> From: Sean Whitton <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 14:33:58 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii [01/Aug  5:53pm +03] wrote:
> >> That would be a riskier change because setting an env var doesn't
> >> disrupt the rest of argument parsing, as compared with passing a new
> >> argument.
> >
> > Sorry, I don't understand the problem you are describing.  Can you
> > elaborate about the "disruption"?
> 
> My thought is that setting an env var is wholly transparent to the rest
> of the Lisp, but inserting additional arguments into the list is not.
> 
> >> Git 2.15 is almost nine years old.  Perhaps it's okay if asynchronous
> >> check-ins (an optional feature) occasionally fail due to a race?
> >
> > It's okay to occasionally fail, but it's better not to, if we can do
> > that.  Obviously.
> 
> Now implemented.

Thank you.