From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 18:44:12 GMT
Subject: Re: [cosmetic bug?] needlessly(?) executable files
Message-ID: <xmqqr3thwzur.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1424540917.15539.24.camel@scientia.net>

Christoph Anton Mitterer <calestyo@scientia.net> writes:

> Just a question about files like:
> .git/config
> .git/hooks/*.sample
>
> Is there any reason that these are created executable? Especially the
> config file?

In a new repository I just did "git init", I see this:

    $ rm -fr stupid
    $ umask 0027
    $ git init stupid
    $ ls -l stupid/.git/config | sed -e 's/ .*//'
    -rw-r-----

So no, config is not created executable.

> I know the hooks are already disabled by being named .sample,

I think that is deliberate, so that lazy people can just do:

    $ mv .git/hooks/pre-commit.sample .git/hooks/pre-commit

without one more command

    $ chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit

after doing so.