Re: [PATCH] core.filemode may need manual action

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Am 16.10.2014 um 21:29 schrieb Torsten Bögershausen:
> core.filemode is set automatically when a repo is created.
> But when a repo is exported via CIFS or cygwin is mixed with Git for Windows
> core.filemode may better be set manually to false.
> Update and improve the documentation.
> 
> Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Does this reflect the discussion via email ?
> Or is more tweaking needed ?
> 
> 
>  Documentation/config.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
> index 4333636..b4fea43 100644
> --- a/Documentation/config.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/config.txt
> @@ -204,8 +204,23 @@ advice.*::
>  --
>  
>  core.fileMode::
> -	If false, the executable bit differences between the index and
> -	the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT.
> +	Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree
> +	is to be honored.
> +
> +	Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is
> +	marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an
> +	non-executable file with executable bit on.  "git init" and
> +	"git clone" probe the filesystem to see if it records
> +	executable bit correctly when they create a new repository
> +	and this variable is automatically set as necessary.
> +
> +	A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that records
> +	the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true'
> +	when created, but later may be made accessible from another
> +	environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via
> +	CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin managed repository with
> +	MsysGit).  In such a case, it may be necessary to set this
> +	variable to 'false'.
>  	See linkgit:git-update-index[1].
>  +
>  The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1]
> 

[CC'ing msysgit aka git-for-windows/sdk for input]

I'm not really happy with the term MsysGit here.
Would it be too bold to say
[... ] visiting a Cygwin managed repository with Git for Windows.
?

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