From: Madhu <enometh@meer.net>
To: gitster@pobox.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: don't reset core.filemode on git-new-workdirs.
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:48:06 +0530 (IST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210618.094806.1369340605245207462.enometh@meer.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr1k64bmk.fsf@gitster.g>
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@pobox.com> <xmqqr1k64bmk.fsf@gitster.g>
Wrote on Mon, 22 Mar 2021 23:39:31 -0700
> Madhu <enometh@meer.net> 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-<.
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-18 4:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-21 12:28 [PATCH] init: don't reset core.filemode on git-new-workdirs Madhu
2021-03-21 21:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-22 2:40 ` Madhu
2021-03-22 4:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-22 9:04 ` Madhu
2021-03-22 18:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-23 3:57 ` Madhu
2021-03-23 6:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-23 16:53 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2021-03-23 17:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-23 20:31 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2021-03-23 20:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-18 4:18 ` Madhu [this message]
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