Is there a way to only reset the file permissions of the working-tree to match HEAD file permissions without resetting the content of the files? HEAD file permissions = the permissions of the objects in the object store. I'm using the vendor branch method of the git-rm manpage (git ls-files -z | xargs -0 rm -f && tar xzf vendor-version.tar.gz && git add -A) and I want to discard the vendor's file permissions changes to existing files and reset them back to what they are in HEAD. "existing files" = ALL files that already existed in the HEAD and are not "deleted" or "new" in the working-tree relative to the HEAD. HEAD = before "rm" Working-Tree = after the untar. v/r, Neal -- 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