Re: Git changes permissions on directories when deleting files.

From: Computer Druid <computerdruid@gmail.com>
Date: Mar 1, 2011, 02:19 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTinCjaGMe3TnheqORe7Y_qWYTAr3p6UEsK3u4VyE@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikJcOgBAZS=cCWULFYz4U_Mxx1gFMg51+r9qDo0@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Chad Joan <chadjoan@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> What I'm experiencing is this:
>
> $ cd ~/project
> $ ls -dl somedir
> drwxrwx--- 1 cjoan cjoan 0 Feb 28 19:57 somedir
> $ echo "some text" > somedir/somefile.txt
> $ git add somedir/somefile.txt
> $ git rm -f somedir/somefile.txt
> rm 'somedir/somefile.txt'
> $ ls -dl somedir
> drw------- 1 cjoan cjoan 0 Feb 28 19:57 somedir
> $ echo "some text" > somedir/somefile.txt
> bash: somedir/somefile.txt: Permission denied

After you remove the file, is "somedir" empty?

Git doesn't track empty directories, and therefore git rm on the last file in a directory deletes it:

% git init Initialized empty Git repository in /home/cdruid/testrepo/.git/ % mkdir dir % ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 cdruid cdruid 4096 Feb 28 21:14 dir % touch dir/test.txt % git add dir/test.txt % git rm -f dir/test.txt rm 'dir/test.txt' % ls -l total 0

My guess is git is somehow failing to delete the directory, thus causing your changed permissions issue.

-Dan Johnson