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> Does it really make sense to store full permissions in the trees? I think
> that remembering the x-bit should be good enough for almost all purposes
> and the other permissions should be left to the local environment.

It makes some sense in principle, but without storing what they mean
(i.e., group==?) it certainly makes no sense.  It's a bit like unpacking a
tar file.

I suspect a non-readable file would cause a bit of a problem in the low-level
commands.

Morten