Re: why does Subversion change file permission

On 2007-12-06 02:05:11 -0600, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> To explain further: Subversion does not store any file's permissions.
> All there is is the svn:executable property. If you set this on a file,
> then Subversion will set the executable bit on the file when you check it
> out. Otherwise, it won't.

But IMHO, if the svn:executable property has not changed and if the
x bit of the owner is correct, it would better it Subversion didn't
change the permissions.

Note that setting the umask is not always possible as several files
may have different permissions.

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