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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add: add --chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 23:36:05 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqoa7sroru.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160527044112.GA31742@zoidberg> (Edward Thomson's message of "Thu, 26 May 2016 23:41:12 -0500")

Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com> writes:

> However I do not think that this is a common enough action that it needs
> to be made automatic such that when I `git add foo.rb` it is
> automatically made executable.  I think that the reduced complexity of
> having a single mechanism to control executability (that being the
> execute mode in the index or a tree) is preferable to a gitattributes
> based mechanism, at least until somebody else makes a cogent argument
> that the gitattributes approach would be helpful for them.  :)

It wasn't a "having to specify it every time sucks; you must do this
way instead" at all.  I was just gauging if it would be a viable idea
for a follow-up series to complement your patch.

Thanks.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-05-27  6:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-25  2:06 [PATCH] add: add --chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options Edward Thomson
2016-05-25  7:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-25 12:19   ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-25 16:10     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-25 16:49       ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-25 16:00   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-27  4:41   ` Edward Thomson
2016-05-27  5:12     ` Mike Hommey
2016-05-27  6:36     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-05-27 18:30       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-31 22:06         ` Edward Thomson
2016-05-25  7:46 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-05-27 18:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2016-05-25  7:51 ` Junio C Hamano
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-05-31 22:08 Edward Thomson
2016-05-31 22:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-01  7:23   ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-06-01 10:19     ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-06-01 16:00     ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-07 22:59       ` Edward Thomson
2016-06-08  0:39         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-06-08 11:46 ` Duy Nguyen

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