status: enable untracked cache

diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index 682f922c736dbaaa918a9f27c07487e3f15ec286..fe380a9b92cd7b4a301bfe0dba514319feda5832 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ static const char *find_author_by_nickname(const char *name)
                clear_mailmap(&mailmap);
                return strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL);
        }
-       die(_("No existing author found with '%s'"), name);
+       die(_("--author '%s' is not 'Name <email>' and matches no existing author"), name);
 }
 
 
@@ -1364,13 +1364,14 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
        refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_QUIET|REFRESH_UNMERGED, &s.pathspec, NULL, NULL);
 
        fd = hold_locked_index(&index_lock, 0);
-       if (0 <= fd)
-               update_index_if_able(&the_index, &index_lock);
 
        s.is_initial = get_sha1(s.reference, sha1) ? 1 : 0;
        s.ignore_submodule_arg = ignore_submodule_arg;
        wt_status_collect(&s);
 
+       if (0 <= fd)
+               update_index_if_able(&the_index, &index_lock);
+
        if (s.relative_paths)
                s.prefix = prefix;