From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Witten Subject: Re: file mode Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 05:51:06 -0000 Message-ID: References: <20110613053814.GA2680@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , Jeff King , git@vger.kernel.org To: Peter Kleiweg X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jun 14 08:16:55 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QWMvk-0000Pb-P8 for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:16:53 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752952Ab1FNGQl convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:16:41 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f46.google.com ([209.85.215.46]:62758 "EHLO mail-ew0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753257Ab1FNGQh (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jun 2011 02:16:37 -0400 Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so1858000ewy.19 for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:16:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:subject:date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; bh=3FDkvMZ5hiBTRf32BoHRwKYcEVIkgVIwOmayUmRwYf0=; b=jpZPCjrLcRqYoia/oLZZ7TlT+SSd8/x+1E0EASBcUYfywVfUeEWHnmYDImTIGNNyiJ DUQSkYdZ4AuDl3SnJJRmbxS9LZH2mW2dITF0ORNVim9LHodg0LMVnEaXsSj2bEvqwQ2B 7+MnDpMu86gMXEFDXpW4rfrBVDLbtwMpd5gns= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type; b=lNOBshE0PXg+14Tu5t5pUjOr3d8+XPP16Jo6ArdYQebHfRFWN42QLPzzZiINxmKIPi 75x0GuPbNOCwmj0kH5hmIpRr/20vQmZU0aK5NlfX2f4zqOBoYO0NEuddJi5pOlAjR/sC 4DkRZKRkg1nOtTAznyaI1D8uaR85DlpCE9B+c= Received: by 10.213.8.135 with SMTP id h7mr186077ebh.34.1308032195680; Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:16:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gmail.com (tor11.anonymizer.ccc.de [62.113.219.4]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x46sm5853251eea.10.2011.06.13.23.16.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:16:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 23:18:58 +0200, =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarma= son wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 05:38, Jeff King wrote: >>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 07:12:42PM +0000, Michael Witten wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 18:57, Peter Kleiweg = wrote: >>>>> I added a file that has file mode 600. When I do a check-out, >>>>> the file comes with mode 644. Is this supposed to happen? Then >>>>> how do I control what permissions files have? >>>> >>>> Do some googling. >>> >>> I really don't see the point of a response like this. It is one thi= ng to >>> rudely point somebody to lmgtfy or an FAQ link. Then you're still b= eing >>> rude, but at least you are pointing them in the right direction. Bu= t >>> this seems simply to make the list a less pleasant place _and_ to b= e >>> totally useless to the original poster. If you didn't want to give = the >>> answer, wouldn't it have been better not to respond at all? >> >> No. >> >> Firstly: My response shows that there are abundant answers, which is= a >> nicer answer to receive than no answer at all. >> >> Secondly: I didn't see the point in RE-WRITING all that has been sai= d >> on the subject before, and I couldn't be sure that somebody else wou= ld >> be willing to do the same too (I figured it was a good idea to suppl= y >> at least one response). >>=20 >> Thirdly: Seriously, at least do some googling first. > > I think having answers like yours is much worse than having no answer > at all. I happen to know how git handles the storage of file > permissions, but like Jeff I couldn't find anything useful either wit= h > some quick searching around. > > But it's very useful that the list have a friendly atmosphere where > people of different technical capability, or those that haven't found > the right terms to feed into a search engine can ask questions withou= t > getting back an answer which at least to me seems very snarky. > > There's a tendency in a lot of mailing list to accumulate a > self-congratulating air from regulars "in the know" where people > asking questions aren't made to feel welcome. Let's try to not become > one of those lists. Peter Kleiwig, I would be most grateful if you could find it in your he= art to forgive a poor, misguided, mutton-faced, thistle-bottomed, pig-swivi= ng, ale-soused dungball such as myself. This wretch, I, humbly prostrates himself before the feet of the offend= ed in earnest compunction over his unconscionably uncouth utterances; may = I next time guard my tongue or, if finding myself unequal to that task, b= e so thoughtful as to bite it off, preserve it for at least a year and a = day in a barrel of briny liquid most foul, and then=E2=80=94on the coldest = day of winter=E2=80=94dispense with it as fodder for the hunger pangs of feral= cats!