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Re: git init permissions?

From
Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs>
Date
Apr 14, 2009, 18:40 UTC
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<20090414204024.5371fcac@perceptron>
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<49E4D16E.9050500@pelagic.nl>
Hi,

On Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:09:50 +0200, "Ferry Huberts (Pelagic)" <ferry.huberts@pelagic.nl> wrote:

> Is there some kind of reason that the branches directory is
> not created with +s permissions?

Probably because it isn't really used anymore. It's more like a historical artifact. Branch refs actually live in refs/heads/ and the like (or in the packed-refs file).

-Jan
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