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Re: Error: unable to unlink ... when using "git gc"

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 7, 2009, 05:59 UTC
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2009 at 03:33:57PM +0000, Sitaram Chamarty wrote:
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> > We also plan to do it in this way, just a small wondering that it
> > looks a kind of workaround instead of a more graceful solution.
> 
> I wouldn't consider it a workaround.  It uses normal Unix
> permissions the way they were designed to, including setgid
> for directories.

Yes, I think core.sharedrepository is the "official" way to do this, so it is definitely not a workaround.

> Actually, I am yet to come up with a situation where I
> actually needed ACLs, though they are more generalised, and
> fine-grained.

I like ACLs mainly because you don't have to bug root to change permissions (like you do to get them to create or modify a group).

-Peff
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