Re: Check out doesn't set x-flag on CIFS

> Hello,
>
> When on a CIFS filesystem a git checkout does not replicate the executable
> flag from the repository:
>
>   $ git clone git://git/abettersqlplus
>   Cloning into 'abettersqlplus'...
>   remote: Counting objects: 522, done.
>   remote: Compressing objects: 100% (342/342), done.
>   remote: Total 522 (delta 166), reused 522 (delta 166)
>   Receiving objects: 100% (522/522), 82.40 KiB, done.
>   Resolving deltas: 100% (166/166), done.
>   $ ls -l abettersqlplus/absp.py
>   -rw-rw-r-- 1 aesser geneity 45860 May 29 14:46 abettersqlplus/absp.py
>
>
> Subsequently git status reports the file as changed:
>
>   $ cd abettersqlplus/
>   $ git status
>   # On branch master
>   # Changes not staged for commit:
>   #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>   #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working
>   directory)
>   #
>   #    modified:   absp.py
>   #
>   no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")
>
>
> If I set the x-flag manually, all is well:
>
>   $ chmod +x absp.py
>   $ git status
>   # On branch master
>   nothing to commit (working directory clean)
>
>
> This problem doesn't occur on ext3 or NFS file systems. Client is Ubuntu
> 12.04 with git version 1.7.9.5. CIFS is exported from Ubuntu 12.04 with
> Samba version 3.6.3.
>
> Since git recognises the x-flag on this CIFS file system, shouldn't it also
> be able to set it on checkout?
>