From 9aba1adce8f7758db9826ced2b7a674354578430 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kenneth Benzie (Benie)" <benie@infektor.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 13:32:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't hold git lock in `watch git status`

---
 utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
index 5f79651..6a57be2 100644
--- a/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
+++ b/utilities/utilities.plugin.zsh
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ fi
 # watch command.
 watch() {
   if [ "git status" = "$*" ]; then
-    command watch --color -n 2 'git -c color.status=always status'
+    command watch --color -n 2 'git -c color.status=always --no-optional-locks status'
   else
     command watch "$@"
   fi