From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:23:48 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 3/4] git-mw: Adding git-mw.perl script Message-ID: <7vsj07a0d7.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Matthieu Moy writes: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> Matthieu Moy writes: >> >>> benoit.person@ensimag.fr writes: >>> >>>> diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-mw.perl b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-mw.perl >>>> new file mode 100644 >>>> index 0000000..a2f0aa1 >>>> --- /dev/null >>>> +++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-mw.perl >>> >>> *.perl scripts are usually executable in Git's tree (although it's >>> usually better to run the non-*.perl version). >> >> Good eyes. But if we encourage people to run non-*.perl version, >> perhaps we should drop the executable bit from the source, no? > > But by default, I'd say consistency is most important so if other *.perl > are executable, we should do the same. Ah, I should have been more clear. I meant "perhaps we should drop executable bits from existing *.perl source files." > But it may make sense to change the convention, i.e. run a "chmod -x > *.perl" in Git's tree (in any case, people can still run "perl > foo.perl"). Yes, that is exactly what I meant.