Re: Tree with leading '0' modes in 1.7.0.3

> "Mike.lifeguard" <mike.lifeguard@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10-03-26 08:56 PM, Avery Pennarun wrote:
> > > The problem is that everything in git works perfectly with these
> > > invalid file modes *except* fsck, and there's rarely a need to run
> > > fsck, so this problem can hide for a long time.
> > 
> > So, does the error matter or not? If it doesn't matter, then shouldn't
> > Jgit stop whining? If it does, then whatever-it-is needs to be fixed.
> 
> Its less harmful than other types of corruption.  But its quite
> wrong from a format perspective. The hash of the tree differs even
> though there is no semantic difference in the tree content.
> 
> Given that GitHub has blessed the world with this corruption,
> we may need to modify JGit to accept it.