There is no reason for $GIT_DIR/config to be executable, plus this
change will help clean up repositories affected by the bug that was
fixed by the previous commit.
Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu>
---
config.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 9e42d38..0942e5f 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,15 @@ int git_config_set_multivar_in_file(const char
*config_filename,
MAP_PRIVATE, in_fd, 0);
close(in_fd);
- if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) {
+ /*
+ * We make of the executable bits because (a) it
+ * doesn't make sense to have executable bits set on
+ * the config file, and (b) there was a bug in git 2.1
+ * which caused the config file to be created with u+x
+ * set, so this will help repair repositories created
+ * with that version.
+ */
+ if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07666) < 0) {
error("chmod on %s failed: %s",
lock->filename, strerror(errno));
ret = CONFIG_NO_WRITE;
@@ -1832,7 +1840,7 @@ int git_config_rename_section_in_file(const char
*config_filename,
fstat(fileno(config_file), &st);
- if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07777) < 0) {
+ if (chmod(lock->filename, st.st_mode & 07666) < 0) {
ret = error("chmod on %s failed: %s",
lock->filename, strerror(errno));
goto out;
--
2.1.1
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