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Re: t3701 fails if core.filemode disabled

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
May 19, 2008, 20:55 UTC
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<20080519205550.GA24246@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:23:42PM +0200, Alex Riesen wrote:
> > 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!)

Ah, of course. In that case, then your change makes sense; by definition, if core.filemode isn't set, those tests are meaningless. Though I think a final version should, as we discussed, omit those tests rather than ending the test script.

-Peff
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