From: Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 03:20:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Filemode is a nuisance
Message-ID: <86k4e5al4s.fsf@red.stonehenge.com>
In-Reply-To: <5B76586FBEB246BDA2F097E21C78E881@rowanlewis.com>

>>>>> "Rowan" == Rowan Lewis <me@rowanlewis.com> writes:

Rowan> However, one problem still remains. Our projects are often cloned
Rowan> onto a large variety of computer environments, from Linux servers
Rowan> to OSX and Windows desktops.

And then installed, how?

git-clone is *not* meant as a deployment tool.  It is meant to create
work dirs for editing and committing.

If you want to deploy, write the proper deploy tool that sets the permissions.

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