git clone ../xsl-test/ the original has a single directory, owner _www, and a few files. however the clone directory has owner Me. what is the reason permissions are not preserved? regards Jonathan Chetwynd testing git before moving a development project to git for production -- 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