Mark Hills <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> > It looks like it might be easier (and less confusing to users) to derive >> > this attribute from the top-level .git directory? >> >> Hrm, clever ;-) >> >> > Is there a reason why Git doesn't just follow (and echo) the top-level >> > permissions? >> >> Other than "we did not trust that all the end users are capable of >> doing the right 'chmod 2775 .git && chgrp project .git", with a >> little bit of "we didn't think of that when we wrote the system", I >> do not recall any. > > Thanks. If I understand, you mean it might be worth a try to implement > this. Not really. I still do not think that all the end users are capable of doing the right 'chmod 2775 .git && chgrp project .git' themselves. -- 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