Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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. Oh, having said all of that, the comments on the implementation still stand. -- 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