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Re: [PATCH] Mark gitk script executable

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 7, 2011, 02:34 UTC
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Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU> writes:
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> The executable bit on gitk-git/gitk was lost (accidentally it seems) by 
> commit 62ba5143ec2ab9d4083669b1b1679355e7639cd5.  Put it back, so that 
> gitk can be run directly from a git.git checkout.
>
> Note that the script is already executable in gitk.git, just not in 
> git.git.

It did not lose the bit by accident but 62ba5143 pretty much was a deliberate fix. "gitk" is a source file, and its build product, gitk-wish, is what is eventually installed with executable bit on.

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