Re: [PATCH] Make core.sharedRepository more generic (version 2)

> On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 05:08:03PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > > +		 * of git. Note, we use octal numbers.
> > >  		 */
> > > -		sprintf(buf, "%d", shared_repository);
> > > +		sprintf(buf, "0%o", shared_repository);
> > 
> > Unconditionally doing this makes the resulting repository unusable by git
> > 1.5.5 and older, even when the user wanted to use the bog standard "git
> > init --shared".  You can limit the extent of damage if you continue
> > writing PERM_GROUP and PERM_EVERYBODY out as 1 and 2, and use the new
> > octal notation only when the user used the settings allowed only with new
> > git.
> 
> I submitted a new patch that should address all the points.