Edward Thomson <ethomson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > However I do not think that this is a common enough action that it needs > to be made automatic such that when I `git add foo.rb` it is > automatically made executable. I think that the reduced complexity of > having a single mechanism to control executability (that being the > execute mode in the index or a tree) is preferable to a gitattributes > based mechanism, at least until somebody else makes a cogent argument > that the gitattributes approach would be helpful for them. :) It wasn't a "having to specify it every time sucks; you must do this way instead" at all. I was just gauging if it would be a viable idea for a follow-up series to complement your patch. Thanks. -- 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