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Subject: Re: [PATCH] add: add --chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 23:36:05 -0700
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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.