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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Torsten Bögershausen" <tboegi@web.de>
Cc: Madhu <enometh@meer.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] init: don't reset core.filemode on git-new-workdirs.
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 13:50:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqr1k51tnd.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210323203124.oxzqad2wmedelstu@tb-raspi4> ("Torsten Bögershausen"'s message of "Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:31:24 +0100")

Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de> writes:

>> I do not think we want to go there.  filemode is not the only thing
>> that would be shared.  What do you want to do with core.eol=native,
>> for example?  Paths touched while switching branches get the 'native'
>> line endings on the system that the user happened to be on when the
>> "switch" command was run, and working tree files end up with mixture?
>
> I don't intend to solve all possible confusions caused by sharing all
> config variables - just this very one.

I intend to help users by drawing a clear red line and telling them
that crossing that line leads them to danger.

Sharing a working tree across systems that require different core.*
settings (filemode included) is on the other side of that line, and
that is the reason why I said I do not think we want to go there.
By saying "this is only about core.filemode but you can share a
working tree between incompatible systems", I am afraid that we end
up training users to go where they should not get nearby.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-23 20:51 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 [this message]
2021-06-18  4:18               ` Madhu

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