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Re: How to fix file permission in CVS?
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> writes:
> On Friday 05 March 2010 12:17:19 Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> Mike Frysinger writes:
>> > On Friday 26 February 2010 10:08:04 Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> >> Mike Frysinger writes:
>> >> > you can also abuse the system by removing the file, committing the
>> >> > removal, then re-adding the file with the +x bits set.
>> >>
>> >> That doesn't work. When the file is committed the x bit is taken from
>> >> the file in the Attic.
>> >
>> > are you sure ?
>>
>> I've tested it.
>>
>> > ive used this trick many times and havent seen this behavior.
>>
>> Perhaps there is a difference in behaviour between local and remote
>> repos.
>
> so you've tested local repos and see +x preserved. ive used this trick on a
> few remove cvs servers but never locally (since local cvs is largely useless).
I'd rather guess it depends on the server version. Even with the :fork:
method there is no way to fix the +x bit with the version of cvs I'm
using.
Andreas.
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