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Re: confused about preserved permissions

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 20, 2007, 18:35 UTC
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martin f krafft, Mon, Aug 20, 2007 18:44:11 +0200:
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> Hello,
> 
> I am a bit confused about how git stores and restores permissions.
> I went to the web but found little other than this post from Linus
> in 2005:
> 
>   http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0504/0870.html
> 
> where he basically says that git will *not* save permissions and
> that it also does not save symlinks. I thus discarded the
> information as being outdated. ...

Git tracks just the x-bit. Everything else is controlled by your umask.

Symlinks are supported since long time.
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  1. martin f krafftAug 20, 2007
  2. Pierre HabouzitAug 20, 2007
  3. martin f krafftAug 20, 2007
  4. Mike HommeyAug 20, 2007
  5. David KastrupAug 20, 2007
  6. Mike HommeyAug 20, 2007
  7. David KastrupAug 20, 2007
  8. René ScharfeAug 21, 2007
  9. Documentation: update tar.umask defaultRené Scharfe, Aug 21, 2007
  10. Mike HommeyAug 21, 2007
  11. René ScharfeAug 22, 2007
  12. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2007
  13. Benoit SIGOUREAug 22, 2007
  14. Johannes SixtAug 22, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2007
  16. martin f krafftAug 23, 2007
  17. David KastrupAug 23, 2007
  18. martin f krafftAug 23, 2007
  19. Benoit SIGOUREAug 23, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2007
  21. David KastrupAug 23, 2007
  22. Jan HudecSep 3, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2007
  24. Mike HommeyAug 20, 2007
  25. Jan HudecAug 20, 2007
  26. Mike HommeyAug 20, 2007
  27. Alex RiesenAug 20, 2007
  28. Mike HommeyAug 20, 2007
  29. Jan HudecAug 20, 2007
  30. David KastrupAug 20, 2007
  31. Mike HommeyAug 20, 2007
  32. Jan HudecAug 20, 2007
  33. David KastrupAug 20, 2007
  34. Mike HommeyAug 20, 2007
  35. David KastrupAug 20, 2007
  36. Shawn O. PearceAug 21, 2007
  37. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2007
  38. Mike HommeyAug 21, 2007
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