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Re: [PATCH] git-init: don't base core.filemode on the ability to chmod.

From
Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
Date
Oct 4, 2007, 08:42 UTC
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<20071004084237.GE20800@admingilde.org>
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hoi :)
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 01:21:02AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> FWIW, I did not mean it to be an example for preferred
> indentation nor code layout, but as a better way to explain what
> the logic is computing.
sure, and I think it makes sense the way you wrote it.
> I do not think git on Cygwin nor WinGit creates $GIT_DIR/config
> with executable bit set.  Is this pretty much a workaround only
> for vfat-on-Linux ?

I just checked Cygwin, it creates files without executable bit and disregards a chmod +x. So yes, this seems to be a Linux-only problem.

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Martin Waitz
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Message 10 of 14 in “git-init: don't base core.filemode on the ability to chmod.”
  1. git-init: don't base core.filemode on the ability to chmod.Martin Waitz, Oct 3, 2007
  2. Johannes SixtOct 3, 2007
  3. git-init: don't base core.filemode on the ability to chmod.Martin Waitz, Oct 3, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 3, 2007
  5. Andreas EricssonOct 4, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2007
  7. Martin WaitzOct 4, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 4, 2007
  9. Johannes SixtOct 4, 2007
  10. Martin WaitzOct 4, 2007
  11. Jan HudecOct 10, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinOct 4, 2007
  13. Andreas EricssonOct 4, 2007
  14. Martin WaitzOct 4, 2007

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