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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Mark gitk script executable
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU> writes:

>> The executable bit on gitk-git/gitk was lost (accidentally it seems) by 
>> commit 62ba5143ec2ab9d4083669b1b1679355e7639cd5.  Put it back, so that 
>> gitk can be run directly from a git.git checkout.
>>
>> Note that the script is already executable in gitk.git, just not in 
>> git.git.
>
> It did not lose the bit by accident but 62ba5143 pretty much was a
> deliberate fix.  "gitk" is a source file, and its build product,
> gitk-wish, is what is eventually installed with executable bit on.

How does this case differ from other executable source files like
git-am.sh?