From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 16:44:52 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] add: document the chmod option
Message-ID: <xmqq1t0vpsl7.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160905192202.GB8254@hank>

Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com> writes:

> Ugh, thanks for catching.  I'll wait a few days for more comments and
> address it in a re-roll.

Thanks for starting this.  I agree with you and Peff that running
"chmod" on the resulting index after other "add" operations took
place is the right approach, as we want to flip the executable bit
for paths that hasn't otherwise changed.