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Re: Does GIT require property like Subversion?

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 8, 2006, 16:40 UTC
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Petr Baudis wrote:
> Dear diary, on Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 05:52:10PM CEST, I got a letter
> where Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> said that...
>> söndag 08 oktober 2006 12:16 skrev Jakub Narebski:
>>> But in fact the philosophy of Git _prohibits_ I think property bits.
>> I don't think so, but they aren't needed for the original purpose. Git
>> already does manage file permissions.
> 
> Incorrect, Git manages only the execute bit.
And symlinks.
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. Liu YubaoOct 8, 2006
  2. Jan-Benedict GlawOct 8, 2006
  3. Jakub NarebskiOct 8, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiOct 8, 2006
  5. Robin RosenbergOct 8, 2006
  6. Petr BaudisOct 8, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiOct 8, 2006
  8. Liu YubaoOct 9, 2006

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