From: Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:15:43 GMT
Subject: Re: git /objects directory created 755 by default?
Message-ID: <46a038f90512202115o652d8e00v86182302513d1319@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vacevdoti.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On 12/21/05, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> [PATCH] Force group writable umask in git-shell
>
> Usually I do not like hardcoded policy in programs, but use of
> git-shell is already a policy decision by the repository
> administrator to use the shared repository style of development,
> and I cannot think of a reason to forbid group (and self, but
> that is obvious) writability in such use scenario.

Could git-shell also be used by a SourceForge-like project, offering
per-developer git repositories? If they are using the (BSDish?)
convention of not having a group per user this could backfire.

Does any unix these days _not_ use a group per user?

cheers,


martin