Hi Joey,

On 2015-07-06 21:25, Joey Hess wrote:
> joey@darkstar:~/tmp>git init --shared=world testrepo
> Initialized empty shared Git repository in /home/joey/tmp/testrepo/.git/
> joey@darkstar:~/tmp>grep shared testrepo/.git/config 
>       sharedrepository = 2
> 
> This magic value of 2 seems to be undocumented, as is the magic value of 1
> that's equvilant to "group".
> 
> I think it would be better to have git init put in "world" or "group" and not
> these magic values. Anyway, I suppose they ought to be documented too.

The rationale can be found here: 
https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.4.5/builtin/init-db.c#L413-L418

                /* We do not spell "group" and such, so that
                 * the configuration can be read by older version
                 * of git. Note, we use octal numbers for new share modes,
                 * and compatibility values for PERM_GROUP and
                 * PERM_EVERYBODY.
                 */

I am sympathetic to your wish, of course, and I am sure that you understand why 
we cannot simply break other people's setups to satisfy it.

Ciao,
Johannes
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