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Re: [PATCH] Support precise tracking of file modes

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Jan 19, 2006, 18:25 UTC
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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
> Taking "quick'n'dirty" to the extreme _and_ combining it with Linus'
> attitude to testing and documentation... ;-)

It is premature for us mere mortals to imitate Linus in that aspect by at least ten years ;-). Please don't.

About the content of the change, if we were to do this, we need to also record owner and group. recording full permissions without recording owner and group does not make much sense.

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