# Feature: support for file permissions 2 messages from 2013-10-24 to 2013-10-24. Participants: Renich Bon Ciric, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/35195 ## Renich Bon Ciric, 2013-10-24 21:32 Subject: Feature: support for file permissions Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CAGxGTk5eOGoUjrweZ9gLwBE6ev7oCZcu-aWWK2ydtpLkWgx8ew%40mail.gmail.com ``` Hello, I think file permissions are really important for source code as well. For example, in web development, you want configuration files to be read only; specially if you're deploying with git. Also, you would want some executable file to not be writable ; but executable by world. Permission support would become really handy when using GIT_WORK_TREE on a bare repo. Please, consider supporting them. -- It's hard to be free... but I love to struggle. Love isn't asked for; it's just given. Respect isn't asked for; it's earned! Renich Bon Ciric http://www.woralelandia.com/ http://www.introbella.com/ ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2013-10-24 22:40 Subject: Re: Feature: support for file permissions Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/xmqqmwlyl2d5.fsf%40gitster.dls.corp.google.com In-Reply-To: ``` Renich Bon Ciric writes: > I think file permissions are really important for source code as well. > > For example, in web development, you want configuration files to be > read only; specially if you're deploying with git. That is not _source code_; you are talking about deployed set of files, and as you said, Git is about source code and is not a tool for deployment. > Please, consider supporting them. See the ancient discussion around this: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/375/focus=435 A short answer is that it is not likely to happen. ```