Subject: Re: Filemode is a nuisance

From: [email-masked] (Randal L. Schwartz)
Date: Wed, 04 May 2011 20:20:35 -0700

>>>>> "Rowan" == Rowan Lewis <[email-masked]> writes:

Rowan> However, one problem still remains. Our projects are often cloned
Rowan> onto a large variety of computer environments, from Linux servers
Rowan> to OSX and Windows desktops.

And then installed, how?

git-clone is *not* meant as a deployment tool.  It is meant to create
work dirs for editing and committing.

If you want to deploy, write the proper deploy tool that sets the permissions.

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