Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/1] cygwin: Remove the Win32 l/stat() functions
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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>
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- Jun 27, 2013, 23:18 UTC
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Torsten Bögershausen wrote: [ ... ]
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>>> (And have a look how to improve the core.filemode) >> >> I don't understand this (parenthetical) comment; could you >> elaborate on this. >>
> This is probably wrong information: > I had in mind that cygwin sets core.filemode=false,
It does, see commit c869753e ("Force core.filemode to false on Cygwin", 30-12-2006).
> which is quite annoying when exchanging .sh files with linux.
Indeed, I used to build git with NO_TRUSTABLE_FILEMODE reset so that I wouldn't have to edit the config file by hand after a git-clone or git-init.
> But that seems to be wrong, a quick test shows that core.filemode=true.
Hmm, it shouldn't - confused!
> Sorry for confusion.
ATB Ramsay Jones