From: Matthias Urlichs Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:55:55 GMT Subject: Re: Honor extractor's umask in git-tar-tree. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <433F52DC.5090906@zytor.com> Hi, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > I've thought that it would be nice if the files/directories were written > into the archive with 0666/0777 permissions by default, and then > extracted with the umask honoured. The git archive oesn't *have* permissions, just one "execute" bit. > A special option then could be used > to add files with special permissions, like files in .ssh, which *have* > to be g-w or sshd will reject them. > I'd include a script in the archive which you'd run afterwards to fix problems like this. IMHO, in most situations you'll need it anyway (for instance, to re-start services). -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | smurf@smurf.noris.de Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - As I approached the intersection a sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever appeared before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident. To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.