RE: git gc changes ownerships of files linux

[<rsbecker@nexbridge.com>]

On Sunday, February 11, 2024 2:10 PM, brian m. carlson wrote:
>On 2024-02-11 at 16:43:33, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> You definitely must set up your initial directory with g+s if you are
>> usihng the group-writable shared directory model (which I would
>> actually be surprised to see in 2020---is a shared machine with more
>> than one user-account still a thing???); adjust_shared_perm() will not
>> help you there.
>
>I think it's relatively common to have shell hosts from which to log into production
>machines, or to have shared hosts for students at universities, and I do know that
>shared web hosting is still quite popular (because it tends to be very economical and
>low maintenance for the user).
>
>I don't know that shared repositories are really that common anymore, and I do
>usually recommend that people clone their own copies whenever possible, but I
>have seen posts on StackOverflow where people are in fact using a shared
>repository (possibly with multiple worktrees) on one system for various reasons.

In my community, shared repositories are particularly common on the operations side of the fence. It is a balance between the need for one user id (generally does not log on) running the scripts, and the individual operations staff specifying them. I have developed (commercial) solutions to this that remove the need shared repositories in this circumstance, but up to now, I have seen them used. This comes into play when multiple people are manipulating web server content without a separate deployment mechanism.