Adam Mercer wrote: > [ram@g3 ~]$ cd /path/to/repo.git/objects/00/ > [ram@g3 00]$ ls -l > total 43 > -r--r--r--+ 1 user1 1000 2729 Apr 19 13:13 > 028ade623678384fca34c51e0ea3ae91b8a50d > will this cause a problem when git gc --auto decides its time to put > these loose objects into a pack, i.e. will they be able to be removed? On POSIX filesystems it's the _directory_ permissions which control whether or not the directory contents can be deleted. Do: ls -ld /path/to/repo.git/objects/00/ and you should see that the group has write permission to this directory which will allow group members to delete files residing in the directory. -brandon -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html