Since time immemorial, the test of whether to set "core.filemode" has been done by trying to toggle the u+x bit on $GIT_DIR/config and then testing whether the change "took". It is somewhat odd to use the config file for this test, but whatever.
The test code didn't set the u+x bit back to its original state itself, instead relying on the subsequent call to git_config_set() to re-write the config file with correct permissions. But ever since daa22c6f8d config: preserve config file permissions on edits (2014-05-06) git_config_set() copies the permissions from the old config file to the new one. This is a good change in and of itself, but it interacts badly with create_default_files()'s sloppiness, causing "git init" to leave the executable bit set on $GIT_DIR/config. So change create_default_files() to reset the permissions on $GIT_DIR/config after its test. Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhag...@alum.mit.edu> --- builtin/init-db.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c index 56f85e2..4c8021d 100644 --- a/builtin/init-db.c +++ b/builtin/init-db.c @@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path) filemode = (!chmod(path, st1.st_mode ^ S_IXUSR) && !lstat(path, &st2) && st1.st_mode != st2.st_mode); + filemode &= !chmod(path, st1.st_mode); } git_config_set("core.filemode", filemode ? "true" : "false"); -- 2.1.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html