Re: Filemode is a nuisance

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"Rowan" == Rowan Lewis [off-list ref] 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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If you want to deploy, write the proper deploy tool that sets the permissions.
It would be nice to; but unfortunately I cannot, and it would only solve the case where we deploy to the production server.

Not being able to disable filemode will still be a nuisance a lot of the