Am 16.10.2014 um 21:29 schrieb Torsten Bögershausen: > core.filemode is set automatically when a repo is created. > But when a repo is exported via CIFS or cygwin is mixed with Git for Windows > core.filemode may better be set manually to false. > Update and improve the documentation. > > Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> > Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tbo...@web.de> > --- > > Does this reflect the discussion via email ? > Or is more tweaking needed ? > > > Documentation/config.txt | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt > index 4333636..b4fea43 100644 > --- a/Documentation/config.txt > +++ b/Documentation/config.txt > @@ -204,8 +204,23 @@ advice.*:: > -- > > core.fileMode:: > - If false, the executable bit differences between the index and > - the working tree are ignored; useful on broken filesystems like FAT. > + Tells Git if the executable bit of files in the working tree > + is to be honored. > + > + Some filesystems lose the executable bit when a file that is > + marked as executable is checked out, or checks out an > + non-executable file with executable bit on. "git init" and > + "git clone" probe the filesystem to see if it records > + executable bit correctly when they create a new repository > + and this variable is automatically set as necessary. > + > + A repository, however, may be on a filesystem that records > + the filemode correctly, and this variable is set to 'true' > + when created, but later may be made accessible from another > + environment that loses the filemode (e.g. exporting ext4 via > + CIFS mount, visiting a Cygwin managed repository with > + MsysGit). In such a case, it may be necessary to set this > + variable to 'false'. > See linkgit:git-update-index[1]. > + > The default is true, except linkgit:git-clone[1] or linkgit:git-init[1] >
[CC'ing msysgit aka git-for-windows/sdk for input] I'm not really happy with the term MsysGit here. Would it be too bold to say [... ] visiting a Cygwin managed repository with Git for Windows. ? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
