From: Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka@gmail.com>
To: Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info>,
Albert Vaca Cintora <albertvaka@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Feature Request] Option to make .git not read-only in cloned repos
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2019 16:39:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAQViEtpKprahB7AJKQNWDj=3EOeyRwshstcM7ZtQ88Ve934Ug@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190825115929.GA21463@alpha>
On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 1:59 PM Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 10:43:45PM +0200, Albert Vaca Cintora wrote:
> > Hi git folks,
> >
> > Honestly I'm not aware of the reason behind .git being read-only, but
> > I'm sure there is one.
> >
> > However, I'm sure that a large percentage of developers out there will
> > agree with me that having to use force (-f) to delete every cloned
> > repo is annoying, and even worse, it creates the bad habit of always
> > force-deleting everything.
> >
> > Would you find reasonable to add an option to keep .git writable on
> > cloned repos?
> >
> > PS: I'm not subscribed to the list, so please CC me on replies.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Albert
>
> To clarify, you are probably referring to things like pack-files, which
> are created read-only. Most files / directories in .git are writable.
>
> It think this is already quite old behavior and I could not find any
> reference as to why this is done.
Indeed, not all files in .git are read-only. I'm talking about those which are.
On Sun, Aug 25, 2019 at 1:59 PM Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 10:43:45PM +0200, Albert Vaca Cintora wrote:
> > Hi git folks,
> >
> > Honestly I'm not aware of the reason behind .git being read-only, but
> > I'm sure there is one.
> >
> > However, I'm sure that a large percentage of developers out there will
> > agree with me that having to use force (-f) to delete every cloned
> > repo is annoying, and even worse, it creates the bad habit of always
> > force-deleting everything.
> >
> > Would you find reasonable to add an option to keep .git writable on
> > cloned repos?
> >
> > PS: I'm not subscribed to the list, so please CC me on replies.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Albert
>
> To clarify, you are probably referring to things like pack-files, which
> are created read-only. Most files / directories in .git are writable.
>
> It think this is already quite old behavior and I could not find any
> reference as to why this is done.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-25 14:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-23 20:43 [Feature Request] Option to make .git not read-only in cloned repos Albert Vaca Cintora
2019-08-25 11:59 ` Kevin Daudt
2019-08-25 14:39 ` Albert Vaca Cintora [this message]
2019-08-25 17:54 ` Johannes Sixt
2019-08-25 19:58 ` Albert Vaca Cintora
2019-08-25 22:41 ` Philip Oakley
2019-08-26 14:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 18:42 ` Albert Vaca Cintora
2019-08-26 19:18 ` SZEDER Gábor
2019-08-27 19:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-30 12:49 ` Albert Vaca Cintora
2019-08-30 16:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-30 18:26 ` Michal Suchánek
2019-08-30 19:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-31 20:40 ` Albert Vaca Cintora
2019-08-26 14:27 ` Randall S. Becker
2019-08-26 15:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 16:19 ` Randall S. Becker
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