From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@eudaptics.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:29:38 GMT
Subject: Re: most commonly used git commands?
Message-ID: <4683C5D2.FDF4ED02@eudaptics.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706281506390.4438@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> > No. It was meant as Alex said it. Windows (MinGW) doesn't understand
> > "chmod a+x blub".
> 
> Yes, I suspected that. But I don't see a need for it on Windows (MinGW) to
> begin with.

True for Windows-centered projects. But for cross-platform projects
--chmod=+x is needed every now and then.

AFAIAC, it's alright to fall back to update-index for those occasions,
even though they are not that rare due to a deficiency of
merge-recursive: When it merges an executable file, it loses the +x bit,
even if core.filemode=false!

-- Hannes