I don't think this got any further attention? I notice git-2.32 still has the problem - in which case I re-commend my original patch. Regards ---Madhu * Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> <xmqqr1k64bmk.fsf@gitster.g> Wrote on Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:39:31 -0700 > Madhu <enometh@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> Avoiding the filemode check completely during reinit is ok with me >> because it gave me wrong results. I can't speak for the original >> author of the code - if his intention was to do it explicitly as part >> of "reinitialization". > > As the original author of the code, I know I meant filemode check to > be done and redone upon reinitialization in 4f629539 (init-db: check > template and repository format., 2005-11-25). > > But then when 75d24499 (git-init: autodetect core.symlinks, > 2007-08-31) started to autodetect symbolic link support, I somehow > ended up doing it only upon the repository creation. Later, > 2455406a (git-init: autodetect core.ignorecase, 2008-05-11) imitated > to check case sensitivity in the same block, doing it only once. > > Either of these two commits would have been a good chance for us to > realize that filemode check should be done the same way, but somehow > nobody noticed X-<. >
