From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:19:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Write .editmsg in GIT_DIR to avoid being in git-status.
Message-ID: <7vpsqi8kke.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <8aa486160510060630m2afb18ffx@mail.gmail.com>

Santi Bejar <sbejar@gmail.com> writes:

>> If a working tree is read-only, I wonder what you are committing.
>
> I keep my /etc modifications in git, and I want to commit as a
> user not as root.

OK.  Your /etc/.git is writable by you but /etc is not.
Although I personally would do it a bit differently (my /etc
sources would live in a different area which is a source tree
and 'make install' as root would install the latest to /etc; no
need for anything user writable under /etc, including
/etc/.git/), I do not think your set-up is wrong -- we should
support it.

>> ... If the working tree root level is not writable for you,
>> is it valid/reasonable to assume that $GIT_DIR is?

I changed my mind about this.  $GIT_DIR by definition should be
writable by you since we are talking about committing -- I think
moving them to $GIT_DIR/ is a good change.