From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [PATCH] shared repository settings enhancement. Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 21:08:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: <5A14AF34CFF8AD44A44891F7C9FF410507957896@usahm236.amer.corp.eds.com> <7virnam435.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vver9lu8g.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7v8xo5lleo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sat Jun 10 06:08:47 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FoumC-00026W-6k for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:08:44 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932362AbWFJEIf (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:08:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932385AbWFJEIf (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:08:35 -0400 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:9887 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932362AbWFJEIf (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:08:35 -0400 Received: from shell0.pdx.osdl.net (fw.osdl.org [65.172.181.6]) by smtp.osdl.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k5A48Vgt018243 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 21:08:32 -0700 Received: from localhost (shell0.pdx.osdl.net [10.9.0.31]) by shell0.pdx.osdl.net (8.13.1/8.11.6) with ESMTP id k5A48UkW009087; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 21:08:31 -0700 To: Junio C Hamano In-Reply-To: <7v8xo5lleo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3 required=5 tests=PATCH_SUBJECT_OSDL X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63-osdl_revision__1.75__ X-MIMEDefang-Filter: osdl$Revision: 1.135 $ X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.36 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Having said that, I do not think the distinction is that > important; I would rather make the core.sharedrepository = true > to mean an equivalent of "chmod go+rX" (it does "chmod g+rX" > currently). How about making it be [core] sharedrepository = {umask | user | group | everybody} and allow the old boolean expression syntax to mean "0/false means umask, 1/true means group". So you'd have: - umask/0/false means "use 0777 permissions with default umask" - user means "use 0500 permissions" - group means "use 0550 permissions" - everybody means "use 0555 permissions" (where "5" is r-x, and only for directories, and obviously degenerates to just "4" aka r-- for regular files). That sounds really pretty self-explanatory and obvious, wouldn't you say? Linus