From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 04:08:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] shared repository settings enhancement.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606092103170.5498@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7v8xo5lleo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> Having said that, I do not think the distinction is that
> important; I would rather make the core.sharedrepository = true
> to mean an equivalent of "chmod go+rX" (it does "chmod g+rX"
> currently).

How about making it be

	[core]
		sharedrepository = {umask | user | group | everybody}

and allow the old boolean expression syntax to mean "0/false means umask, 
1/true means group".

So you'd have:

 - umask/0/false means "use 0777 permissions with default umask"
 - user means "use 0500 permissions"
 - group means "use 0550 permissions"
 - everybody means "use 0555 permissions"

(where "5" is r-x, and only for directories, and obviously degenerates to 
just "4" aka r-- for regular files).

That sounds really pretty self-explanatory and obvious, wouldn't you say?

			Linus