'git clone,' build makes user non-writable files (should be option keep user-writable)
- From
- David Chmelik <dchmelik@gmail.com>
- Date
- Jul 15, 2022, 10:35 UTC
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- <822787da-bc26-0d72-a5c4-808a3d10126e@gmail.com>
What did you do before the bug happened? 'git clone,' built various software (with gcc, BSD & GNU make, autotools, cmake, etc.)
What did you expect to happen? Option: keep cloned/built/etc. files user-writable.
What happened instead? Needed chmod or 'sudo rm -rf.'
What's different between what you expected and what actually happened? Option: keep cloned/built/etc. files user-writable, otherwise (has been said 15+ years) encourages 'sudo rm -rf.'
Anything else you want to add: I try/test/debug (and report bugs) many software commits but don't commit so need cloned/built/etc. files writable as user & even system-wide options: who hasn't made 'rm -rf' mistakes? (unrelated but someone might claim is: I don't use non-UNIX-like OS that shell alias 'rm -rf' to confirm every file (potentially thousands) and though made my own alias (confirm once) it's longer, sometimes unavailable so don't always use (many people don't)... software should always have user-writable files option.) Below indicates GNU/Linux but also have often used git on *BSD/Unix. I'm not on git mailing list but you can CC me all replies.
[System Info] git version: git version 2.37.1 cpu: x86_64 no commit associated with this build sizeof-long: 8 sizeof-size_t: 8 shell-path: /bin/sh uname: Linux 5.18.11 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Jul 13 00:20:29 CDT 2022 x86_64 compiler info: gnuc: 12.1 libc info: glibc: 2.35 $SHELL (typically, interactive shell): /bin/bash