Hi John, On 2015-07-07 11:10, John Keeping wrote: > On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 10:14:28AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> Hi Joey, >> >> On 2015-07-06 21:25, Joey Hess wrote: >> > joey@darkstar:~/tmp>git init --shared=world testrepo >> > Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/joey/tmp/testrepo/.git/ >> > joey@darkstar:~/tmp>grep shared testrepo/.git/config >> > sharedrepository = 2 >> > >> > This magic value of 2 seems to be undocumented, as is the magic value of 1 >> > that's equvilant to "group". >> > >> > I think it would be better to have git init put in "world" or "group" and not >> > these magic values. Anyway, I suppose they ought to be documented too. >> >> The rationale can be found here: >> https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.4.5/builtin/init-db.c#L413-L418 >> >> /* We do not spell "group" and such, so that >> * the configuration can be read by older version >> * of git. Note, we use octal numbers for new share modes, >> * and compatibility values for PERM_GROUP and >> * PERM_EVERYBODY. >> */ >> >> I am sympathetic to your wish, of course, and I am sure that you >> understand why we cannot simply break other people's setups to satisfy >> it. > > That comment was added in 94df250 (shared repository: optionally allow > reading to "others"., 2006-06-09) which was in 1.4.1. I suspect that is > now sufficiently old that it no longer matters. I understand your point of view. With my maintainer hat on I have to say, though, that things like that require a major version change. Users tend to appreciate such a careful maintenance. Ciao, Johannes -- 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