On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 20:04:09 +0100 Johannes Schindelin wrote: JS> Hi Vadim, Hello Johannes and thanks for your reply! JS> On Thu, 19 Mar 2020, Vadim Zeitlin wrote: JS> JS> > The function fopen_for_writing(), which was added in 79d7582e32 (commit: JS> > allow editing the commit message even in shared repos, 2016-01-06) and JS> > used for overwriting FETCH_HEAD since ea56518dfe (Handle more file JS> > writes correctly in shared repos, 2016-01-11), didn't do it correctly in JS> > shared repositories under Linux. JS> > JS> > This happened because in this situation the file FETCH_HEAD has mode 644 JS> JS> I wonder why that is. In a shared repository, it should have mode 664, I JS> thought. This file is created using a simple fopen("w") and so is subject to umask. With the usual default umask value (022) its mode would be 644, regardless of the repository settings. [...snip my original description...] JS> That rationale makes sense to me, as does the patch. Sorry for a possibly stupid question, but what is the next thing to do now? The instructions in Documentation/SubmittingPatches indicate that I should wait until the "list forms consensus that [...] your patch is good", but it's not quite clear what indicates that a consensus has been reached. Is your comment above enough or should I wait for something else? And if/when it has been reached, do I really I need to resend the patch to the maintainer and cc the list as written in that document? I'm a bit surprised by this because I don't see (most) patches being resent to this list. This is obviously very non-urgent, but I'd just like to understand what, if anything, is expected from me. Thanks in advance for your guidance! VZ