There is no reason for $GIT_DIR/config to be executable, plus this change will help clean up repositories affected by the bug that was fixed by the previous commit. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- config.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/config.c b/config.c index 9e42d38..0942e5f 100644 --- a/config.c +++ b/config.c @@ -1653,7 +1653,15 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file(const char *config_filename, MAP_PRIVATE, in_fd, 0); close(in_fd); - if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) { + /* + * We make of the executable bits because (a) it + * doesn't make sense to have executable bits set on + * the config file, and (b) there was a bug in git 2.1 + * which caused the config file to be created with u+x + * set, so this will help repair repositories created + * with that version. + */ + if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07666) < 0) { error("chmod on %s failed: %s", lock->filename, strerror(errno)); ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE; @@ -1832,7 +1840,7 @@ int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char *config_filename, fstat(fileno(config_file), &st); - if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) { + if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07666) < 0) { ret = error("chmod on %s failed: %s", lock->filename, strerror(errno)); goto out; -- 2.1.1 -- 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