From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:45:53 GMT Subject: Re: git /objects directory created 755 by default? Message-ID: <43AA75D1.7040009@op5.se> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, 21 Dec 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > >>Johannes Schindelin writes: >> >> >>>If you don't use git-shell, because the same machine is used for other >>>purposes, it makes sense to introduce >>> >>> [core] >>> umask = 0002 >> >>I agree the setting should not be limited to git-shell, but I do >>not think setting "umask" from git configuration is the right >>way either. For files and directories under $GIT_DIR, maybe >>imposing the policy git configuration file has is OK, but I >>think honoring the user's umask is the right thing for working >>tree files. > > > As we worked out in another thread, you should not have a working > directory when you write-share the repository. > Which thread was that? I see no particular problem with having a working directory in a write-shared repo. The same care has to be taken there as everywhere (pull before push), but that's nothing new. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231