Mark Hills schrieb: > On Mon, 5 May 2008, Johannes Sixt wrote: > >> Mark Hills schrieb: >>> On Mon, 5 May 2008, Johannes Sixt wrote: >>> >>>> Mark Hills schrieb: >>>>> cd "$repo" && >>>>> - find objects -depth -print | cpio $cpio_quiet_flag -pumd$l >>>>> "$GIT_DIR/" || \ >>>>> + # Create dirs using umask and permissions and destination >>>>> + find objects -type d -print | (cd "$GIT_DIR" && xargs mkdir >>>>> -p) && >>>>> + # Copy 0444 permissions on files >>>>> + find objects -type f -print | cpio $cpio_quiet_flag -pumd$l >>>>> "$GIT_DIR/" || \ >>>> >>>> Wouldn't that be better: >>>> >>>> find objects ! -type d -print | cpio ... >>>> >>>> ? >>> >>> This was my first suggestion, unfortunately it shows up broken behaviour >>> in all but the latest version of cpio. It creates 0700 directory >>> permissions which is even worse. >> >> Sorry, I should have mentioned that I meant to keep the 'find | xargs >> mkdir' and replace only the second 'find | cpio'. > > Ah, I see. > > I tend to think that an inclusive match has less scope for future bad > behaviour than an exclusive match. Have I missed the possiblity that > there may be content in the objects directory which is not a directory > or file? Theoretically, you could have symbolic links to loose objects or packs. Generally, you shouldn't change the behavior of a program more than necessary. -- Hannes -- 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