If git's index file is out of date, and some files have been touched
such that their timestamp doesn't what is in the index, "git
diff-index HEAD" may show that a particular file is dirty, when in
fact it really isn't.  Running "git status" will update the index to
avoid these false positives.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 scripts/setlocalversion |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
index 20711f5..bfc8c8c 100644
--- a/scripts/setlocalversion
+++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if head=`git rev-parse --verify HEAD 2>/dev/null`; then
        fi
 
        # Are there uncommitted changes?
+       git status >& /dev/null
        if git diff-index HEAD | read dummy; then
                printf '%s' -dirty
        fi
-- 
1.5.3.4.499.g1104e-dirty

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