From: Neal Kreitzinger <nkreitzinger@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:42:40 GMT
Subject: Re: git repo corruption
Message-ID: <4D239450.2010509@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=TSy1WQZARNQgGfPiV93hQ-xmCTip75JAixgDB@mail.gmail.com>

On 1/4/2011 3:10 AM, Levend Sayar wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> We have a repo on a corporate server. The sysadmin changed access
> rights of files on our repo by accedant.
> Some directories have 2750 acces rights before, but he changed as
>
> chmod -R 2770 *
>
> Now when you make git status, every file that is tracked by git is said as
>
> changed but not updated
>
> So is there a way to get this back to normal ?
>
> TIA
>
> _lvnd_
> (^_^)

I assume the correct permissions for your tracked files should be 2750? 
  If so, then here's what I would do:

1.  First make a copy of your repo and test these steps on the copy:

e.g.  bare repo:  cp -rvp repo.git repocopy.git
non-bare-repo:  cp -rvp worktree worktreecopy

2. Then cd to the parent of the objects dir in you git repo:

e.g.  bare repo:  cd repocopy.git
non-bare repo:  cd worktreecopy/.git

3.  Then change the permissions of your objects dir:

chmod -R 2750 objects

4.  Validate the results.  Your permissions should match again.

5.  If it worked, then do it on the real repo.


v/r,
Neal