From: Alex Riesen Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 06:01:03 GMT Subject: Re: t3701 fails if core.filemode disabled Message-ID: <20080519060103.GB3179@steel.home> In-Reply-To: <4830C71A.60308@verizon.net> Mark Levedahl, Mon, May 19, 2008 02:17:30 +0200: > 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.