Re: t3701 fails if core.filemode disabled

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: May 19, 2008, 20:23 UTC
Message-ID: <20080519202342.GA9694@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20080518200121.GA5789@steel.home>

Alex Riesen, Sun, May 18, 2008 22:01:21 +0200:

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> Jeff King, Sun, May 18, 2008 21:08:39 +0200:
> > I don't mind disabling these tests if they don't make sense on certain
> > platforms, but regarding your specific proposal:
> > 
> >   - can you confirm that the test doesn't make sense, and not that it is
> >     simply broken on cygwin? Does changing your ~/.gitconfig's
> >     core.filemode make a difference? It shouldn't, but that could be
> >     a bug in test-lib. What happens if you run the test manually? Does
> >     git-add just not prompt for the mode change?
> 
> I setting core.filemode _inside_ the test breaks it in exactly the
> same way (on Linux, I'm at home). I'll retest tomorrow

It is "git init" which sets core.filemode false (of course!)