Re: [PATCH] add: add --chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 27, 2016, 06:36 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqoa7sroru.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160527044112.GA31742@zoidberg>

Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com> writes:

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> However I do not think that this is a common enough action that it needs
> to be made automatic such that when I `git add foo.rb` it is
> automatically made executable.  I think that the reduced complexity of
> having a single mechanism to control executability (that being the
> execute mode in the index or a tree) is preferable to a gitattributes
> based mechanism, at least until somebody else makes a cogent argument
> that the gitattributes approach would be helpful for them.  :)

It wasn't a "having to specify it every time sucks; you must do this way instead" at all. I was just gauging if it would be a viable idea for a follow-up series to complement your patch.

Thanks.