Re: Git files data formats documentation

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>>> <OCTAL_MODE>
>>> 	# Octal encoding, without prefix, of the file system object
>>> 	# type and permission bits. The bit layout is according to the
>>> 	# POSIX standard, with only regular files, directories, and
>>> 	# symbolic links permitted. The actual permission bits are
>>> 	# all zero except for regular files. The only permission bit
>>> 	# of any consequence to Git is the owner executable bit. By
>>> 	# default, the permission bits for files will be either 0644
>>> 	# or 0755, depending on the owner executable bit.
>>> 	;
>>
>> It's not really "by default" -- more like "by definition", since
>> there is no way for the program to use something different.  We
>> used to record non-canonical modes in ancient versions of git,
>> but I think fsck-objects would warn on objects created that way.
>>
>
> See git-mktree.