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From: "Neal Kreitzinger" <neal@rsss.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: git-reset HEAD --permissions-only
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:29:51 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <illts0$c6q$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)

Is there a way to only reset the file permissions of the working-tree to 
match HEAD file permissions without resetting the content of the files?

HEAD file permissions = the permissions of the objects in the object store.

I'm using the vendor branch method of the git-rm manpage (git ls-files -z | 
xargs -0 rm -f && tar xzf vendor-version.tar.gz && git add -A) and I want to 
discard the vendor's file permissions changes to existing files and reset 
them back to what they are in HEAD.

"existing files" = ALL files that already existed in the HEAD and are not 
"deleted" or "new" in the working-tree relative to the HEAD.
HEAD = before "rm"
Working-Tree = after the untar.

v/r,
Neal 

             reply	other threads:[~2011-03-14 20:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-14 20:29 Neal Kreitzinger [this message]
2011-03-15  1:32 ` git-reset HEAD --permissions-only Jeff King
2011-03-16  1:06   ` Neal Kreitzinger
2011-03-17  6:01     ` Jeff King

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