Alex Riesen, Sun, May 18, 2008 22:01:21 +0200: > Jeff King, Sun, May 18, 2008 21:08:39 +0200: > > I don't mind disabling these tests if they don't make sense on certain > > platforms, but regarding your specific proposal: > > > > - can you confirm that the test doesn't make sense, and not that it is > > simply broken on cygwin? Does changing your ~/.gitconfig's > > core.filemode make a difference? It shouldn't, but that could be > > a bug in test-lib. What happens if you run the test manually? Does > > git-add just not prompt for the mode change? > > I setting core.filemode _inside_ the test breaks it in exactly the > same way (on Linux, I'm at home). I'll retest tomorrow It is "git init" which sets core.filemode false (of course!) -- 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