On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:03 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> $ ls -l INSTALL ; chmod 600 INSTALL ; git reset --hard @{u} ; ls -l INSTALL
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 17:11 INSTALL
>> HEAD is now at e6ac6e1 Fifth batch for post 2.8 cycle
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 17:12 INSTALL
>
> A quick question. What happens when you did this instead?
>
> chmod 600 INSTALL
> git update-index --refresh
> git reset --hard
>
> Does it match what you want to see?
>
> The reason I ask is because I recall making a deliberate design
> decision around this area.
The --hard doesn't wipe away the chmod, makes sense:
$ ls -l INSTALL ; chmod 600 INSTALL ; git update-index --refresh;
git reset --hard @{u} ; ls -l INSTALL
-rw-r--r-- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 22:27 INSTALL
HEAD is now at 05045e0 tracing
-rw------- 1 avar avar 9147 Apr 20 22:27 INSTALL
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