With git-init --shared=0660 and a umask of 022, the first commit to the repository creates the file COMMIT_EDITMSG with mode 0644 instead of 0660. I believe this is incorrect behavior. Simple fix: diff --git a/builtin-commit.c b/builtin-commit.c index 55676fd..06ce94d 100644 --- a/builtin-commit.c +++ b/builtin-commit.c @@ -687,6 +687,7 @@ static int prepare_to_commit(const char *index_file, const char *prefix, } fclose(fp); + adjust_shared_perm(git_path(commit_editmsg)); if (!commitable && !in_merge && !allow_empty && !(amend && is_a_merge(head_sha1))) { -- William Pursell -- 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