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Re: [BUG] Bad msysgit/egit interaction over dotfiles

From
Ferry Huberts <ferry.huberts@pelagic.nl>
Date
Dec 8, 2009, 13:42 UTC
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On 12/08/2009 02:34 PM, Erik Faye-Lund wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Yann Dirson <ydirson@linagora.com> 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.

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Message 3 of 9 in “[BUG] Bad msysgit/egit interaction over dotfiles”
  1. Yann DirsonDec 8, 2009
  2. Erik Faye-LundDec 8, 2009
  3. Ferry HubertsDec 8, 2009
  4. Erik Faye-LundDec 8, 2009
  5. Yann DirsonDec 8, 2009
  6. Marius Storm-OlsenDec 9, 2009
  7. Yann DirsonDec 10, 2009
  8. Erik Faye-LundDec 14, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinDec 14, 2009

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