From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:18:58 GMT
Subject: Re: file mode
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On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 15:58, Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> wrote:

> Firstly: My response shows that there are abundant answers, which is a
> nicer answer to receive than no answer at all.

I think having answers like yours is much worse than having no answer
at all. I happen to know how git handles the storage of file
permissions, but like Jeff I couldn't find anything useful either with
some quick searching around.

But it's very useful that the list have a friendly atmosphere where
people of different technical capability, or those that haven't found
the right terms to feed into a search engine can ask questions without
getting back an answer which at least to me seems very snarky.

There's a tendency in a lot of mailing list to accumulate a
self-congratulating air from regulars "in the know" where people
asking questions aren't made to feel welcome. Let's try to not become
one of those lists.