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Re: use GIT_DIR instead of /var/tmp

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 6, 2006, 10:00 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 6 Jan 2006, Alex Riesen wrote:
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> Jon Nelson, Thu, Jan 05, 2006 17:49:36 +0100:
> > Do you still need write access to $GIT_DIR if $GIT_INDEX_FILE is set to 
> > some place outside of $GIT_DIR?
> 
> yes, $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/ref-pointed-by-HEAD is updated by git-reset.

In a strict sense, this means write access to $GIT_DIR/refs/heads/. In a shared setup, I have repositories where all developers are allowed to write to that folder, but only the repo maintainer (yours truly) is allowed to write to $GIT_DIR (which effectively means: nobody can write an index).

Maybe the safe method would be to introduce $GIT_TMP_DIR, with "/tmp/" being the default?

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Alex RiesenJan 5, 2006
  2. H. Peter AnvinJan 5, 2006
  3. Alex RiesenJan 5, 2006
  4. H. Peter AnvinJan 5, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsJan 5, 2006
  6. Jon NelsonJan 5, 2006
  7. Alex RiesenJan 6, 2006
  8. Johannes SchindelinJan 6, 2006

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