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Re: How can I force git to recognize a change change in file modes?

From
Brent Goodrick <bgoodr@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 28, 2009, 16:24 UTC
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<e38bce640902280824x3ae41d95qab1f1a450235e096@mail.gmail.com>
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> git doesn't track permissions quite that closely; all it remembers is
> whether the file should be executable or not.

Thanks Jan. Was this choice made due to the conditional coding required to track the permission bits content between *NIX and non-*NIX platform(s)?

bg
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