From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E0BC1F404 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2018 01:26:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752349AbeABB0X (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jan 2018 20:26:23 -0500 Received: from agora.rdrop.com ([199.26.172.34]:3737 "EHLO agora.rdrop.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751326AbeABB0X (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Jan 2018 20:26:23 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 931 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 01 Jan 2018 20:26:20 EST Received: from agora.rdrop.com (66@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id w021ATS0013951 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 1 Jan 2018 17:10:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.14.2/Submit) with UUCP id w021AS8X013950; Mon, 1 Jan 2018 17:10:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from perryh@pluto.rain.com) Received: from fbsd81 by pluto.rain.com (4.1/SMI-4.1-pluto-M2060407) id AA00798; Mon, 1 Jan 18 16:32:23 PST Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2018 16:32:20 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com (Perry Hutchison) To: l.s.r@web.de Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-archive: accept --owner and --group like GNU tar Message-Id: <5a4ad314.C6wihAr5rEC8jRkB%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <20171229140535.10746-1-mpsuzuki@hiroshima-u.ac.jp> <81b882a5-0c35-f3c4-78e2-d3e36290fec1@web.de> In-Reply-To: <81b882a5-0c35-f3c4-78e2-d3e36290fec1@web.de> User-Agent: nail 11.25 7/29/05 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Ren?? Scharfe wrote: > Am 29.12.2017 um 15:05 schrieb suzuki toshiya: > > The ownership of files created by git-archive is always > > root:root. Add --owner and --group options which work > > like the GNU tar equivalent to allow overriding these > > defaults. > ... the receiver would need to be root to set both IDs, or be a > group member to set the group ID; I guess the latter is more common. If the received files are owned by root:root as stated, I guess the receiver must be running as root, no?