From: Erik Faye-Lund Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:23:55 GMT Subject: Re: [BUG] Bad msysgit/egit interaction over dotfiles Message-ID: <40aa078e0912080623q108b2affk80534ccd5fd7ace3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B1E57BF.1000500@pelagic.nl> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Ferry Huberts wrote: > On 12/08/2009 02:34 PM, Erik Faye-Lund wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Yann Dirson wrote: >>> I'm not sure who's at fault here - namely, I can't see any valid >>> reason for eclipse to refuse such writes, but I am not sure it is a >>> good reason for msysgit would set the hidden bit either.  In either >>> case, even if only for the short term, I think msysgit should ensure >>> that this bit does not get set (possibly circumventing any magic msys >>> would do behind its back). >> >> Setting the config option "core.hidedotfiles" to "false" should >> prevent this from happening. >> > > why isn't this the default? > > I also experienced this change in behaviour and I thought we would > strive to keep the experience the same. > You can follow the discussion here: http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=288 I believe the reason is something like "because someone suggested it, and no one disagreed". Do you have a good argument why it shouldn't be the default (other than "it's a change", because changing it back now would also be a change)? -- Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund