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Re: t3701 fails if core.filemode disabled

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
May 19, 2008, 06:01 UTC
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<20080519060103.GB3179@steel.home>
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Mark Levedahl, Mon, May 19, 2008 02:17:30 +0200:
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> Jeff King wrote:
>> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 05:23:37PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
>>
>>> This is on Cygwin, yes. I have the core.filemode disabled in
>>> ~/.gitconfig. How about stopping the test before the failing portion
>>> (only the last two fail, below)?
>>
>> What's in your ~/.gitconfig shouldn't have any effect (the test scripts
>> take care to avoid looking at anything outside of your git directory).
>> But presumably this test is broken on Cygwin, anyway?
>>
> On Cygwin, support for correctly interpreting the execute bit is governed 
> by the operating system (WindowsNT/XP vs Windows9x), the file system 
> (NTFS vs FAT), and the (NO)NTEA and (NO)NTSEC options via the CYGWIN 
*and* the contents of the file. Look at the code.
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Message 15 of 15 in “t3701 fails if core.filemode disabled”
  1. Alex RiesenMay 18, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinMay 18, 2008
  3. Alex RiesenMay 18, 2008
  4. Jeff KingMay 18, 2008
  5. Alex RiesenMay 18, 2008
  6. Alex RiesenMay 19, 2008
  7. Jeff KingMay 19, 2008
  8. Fix t3701 if core.filemode disabledAlex Riesen, May 20, 2008
  9. Jeff KingMay 21, 2008
  10. Alex RiesenMay 22, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 22, 2008
  12. Jeff KingMay 22, 2008
  13. Alex RiesenMay 22, 2008
  14. Mark LevedahlMay 19, 2008
  15. Alex RiesenMay 19, 2008

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