From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 01:02:03 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] freshen_file(): use NULL `times' for implicit current-time
Message-ID: <xmqqa73c4510.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200415234847.GI2751707@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

"brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:

> So the answer is the user needs to have write access with utime(fn,
> NULL), but the same EUID (or root) with a specific time.

OK, with a specific time, write access is not sufficient, and that
is why this patch helps.

Makes perfect sense.  Thanks for a dose of sanity ;-)