Christian Couder <christian.couder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > We use "git config core.sharedrepository 0666" at the beginning of > this test, so it will only apply to the shared index files that are > created after that. > > Do you suggest that we test before setting core.sharedrepository that > the existing shared index files all have the default permissions? I think it would be sensible to see at least two values appear. Otherwise we cannot tell if the right value is coming by accident (because it was the default) or by design (because the configuration is correctly read).