From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
Cc: Bradford Smith <bradford.carl.smith@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git-config: replaces ~/.gitconfig symlink with real file
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:09:42 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707171708210.14781@racer.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tnx4pk39mju.fsf@arm.com>
Hi,
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> "Bradford Smith" <bradford.carl.smith@gmail.com> wrote:
> > However, when I tried running 'git-config --global color.diff auto'
> > today, it removed my symlink and replaced it with a real file. This
> > left me briefly a bit confused when the changes I had made didn't show
> > up in ~/etc/gitconfig, but git-config reported them anyway.
>
> Another problem I have with 'git config --global' is that it changes
> the access permission bits of ~/.gitconfig. Since I use the same file
> to store global StGIT configuration like SMTP username and password,
> I'd like to make its access 0600 but it always goes back to 0644 after
> 'git config --global'.
>
> Maybe fixing the symlink case would solve my problem as well.
More likely not. The way to solve it would be to follow the link if the
target path is one. As such, the _file_ would be rewritten.
So your problem is unrelated, and would need a separate fix.
Ciao,
Dscho
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-07-17 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-07-15 21:27 git-config: replaces ~/.gitconfig symlink with real file Bradford Smith
2007-07-15 23:30 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-16 9:37 ` Nikolai Weibull
2007-07-16 11:33 ` Bradford Smith
2007-07-16 13:26 ` Bradford Smith
2007-07-16 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-25 16:49 ` [PATCH 0/2] git-config should not replace symlink Bradford C. Smith
2007-07-25 16:49 ` [PATCH 1/2] resolve symlinks when creating lockfiles Bradford C. Smith
2007-07-25 16:49 ` [PATCH 2/2] use lockfile.c routines in git_commit_set_multivar() Bradford C. Smith
2007-07-25 23:35 ` [PATCH 1/2] resolve symlinks when creating lockfiles Junio C Hamano
2007-07-26 16:55 ` [PATCH] use lockfile.c routines in git_commit_set_multivar() Bradford C. Smith
2007-07-26 18:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-26 18:48 ` Bradford Smith
2007-07-27 4:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-27 4:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-27 9:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-27 18:24 ` Bradford Smith
2007-07-26 17:34 ` [PATCH] fully resolve symlinks when creating lockfiles Bradford C. Smith
2007-07-26 18:35 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-26 19:34 ` Morten Welinder
2007-07-27 16:50 ` Bradford Smith
2007-07-27 7:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2007-07-17 13:56 ` git-config: replaces ~/.gitconfig symlink with real file Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-17 14:27 ` Matthieu Moy
2007-07-17 20:35 ` Fredrik Tolf
2007-07-17 20:48 ` Johannes Schindelin
2007-07-17 13:39 ` Catalin Marinas
2007-07-17 16:09 ` Johannes Schindelin [this message]
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