Jeff King <[email protected]> writes:

> On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 11:54:32AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:
>
>> As the test runs `chmod 0` on a file, we don't want to run that test
>> as root.
>
> This somehow misses the root (no pun intended) of the issue, to me.
> Perhaps:
>
>   We `chmod 0` a file and test a case where git is unable to read it.
>   If the test is run as root, the permissions are ignored, and our
>   simulated read failure does not happen.
>
> The patch itself looks obviously correct. :)
>
> -Peff

Yup, I had exactly the same reaction.

Thanks.
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