Re: [PATCH/RFC] Make git-commit cleverer - have it figure out whether it needs -a automatically

On Thursday 2006 November 30 17:14, Alex Riesen wrote:

The is dangerous on filesystems which lie to the programs about file
metadata. The "virtual filesystem" of cygwin is one of this kind: exec-bit
of the files depend
on its contents. Just calling git-commit -a will commit executability
at this particular
moment. For whatever reason, disabling handling of the exec-mode in gits
config does not work.

Surely this is a separate fault?

If you about to change the behaviour, provide at least a config option
to go back
to the old git-commit, which didn't do any magic.

Wasn't the whole point of this to avoid needing another config option?


Andy

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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE