On 12/5/13 6:13 AM, Philip Martin wrote: > Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> writes: > >> I think a hotcopy should be a drop-in replica in most respects, >> so it can be used easily in case the original repository is lost. >> If people want to change access permissions they should do so explicitly. > > I think hotcopy should respect umask.
I agree with Philip. Using a file as a template makes sense for normal operation but hotcopy is not normal operation. However, does it really matter? If we respect the umask while copying the revision file and then we use the revision file as a template won't we get the same results?
