X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=default; b=xQZ0 M3O329iI/tbEG+rMYgTtESNPDar5dbG6lLgQFBnIrLQ8C7sVT1tZoX9Mn+2ZobYS S9NHFSQ/OEP+mBI7+T6hAp4dsMw34VJlvv/2yVRxoXF/Seqav77qPMJixCuUOT0f s0mi1AJtcjXqtdy9p04AoPKpG008k8A6WVS76P0= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default; bh=xriNjCjDbT g6YLnvhWHDjs/Yg18=; b=gbHVXb6KA4S1KsGTmpdqzETjAKCriIhTdBVlIomtci +i/WLU1lpi2fKFnc8lxdsTSUJa2Glos+MbtpijDwUJ287mjNYHDtvya8z5UGjj4c F5baqx2/BoCnZF2I1rUJIqFDxKVPQKqF478WkiV3HwIC1h39SJn2VmrzKZ0ELdC5 A= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=H*MI:sk:5717F1E, H*f:sk:5717F1E, H*i:sk:5717F1E, pain X-HELO: mail-wm0-f54.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=q9BLbWBJu1MpSbwblWraj6B3bH4sylQjdgwALxu4nWM=; b=AjZ/KpXf4+gzAXYZy3A2EiP7Izl90jfwXXwVXDfH07gdGCYfQVdROXqQLz4Ry4QaPE MTdIFd2wZNYUsWCboT9ixKjYFoS8QCWb1JdN/oRHEyYNd9oNpvT1xMiWEoDxwG8RuzdY 7E4g7rdTktXLXNE5j0slTmHRa3/dYFcRgP6+BkVROAYGadEd4b5WWITTxx7JtKpAbJxj oB3EiSpGE9bJ4J7OpwqggKX1FrA4FcZbS94zp8xnHituKqJt+Bk6C9Jbxh/UvTQxH65j bk25O+4PUsvhsTMGQPGVQNrdoRFGKUWgwpC2YFHa5ocNpQUBbpAB4wtDTTNkv0ZazSzb MU0g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FUgOw3DpNVpH1yvzBuMGFV3m3SlJoR4egC8zrisQAwqowf7I0MlSOzb4oWFdXZAbg== X-Received: by 10.195.11.197 with SMTP id ek5mr10774503wjd.58.1461190995470; Wed, 20 Apr 2016 15:23:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 23:23:13 +0100 From: Adam Dinwoodie To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: introduction, fix for npm w.r.t. git, and questions Message-ID: <20160420222313.GM2345@dinwoodie.org> References: <20160420185011 DOT GJ2345 AT dinwoodie DOT org> <5717D8D9 DOT 2030600 AT gmail DOT com> <20160420205904 DOT GK2345 AT dinwoodie DOT org> <5717F1EF DOT 2030705 AT gmail DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5717F1EF.2030705@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:17:35PM +0200, silverwind wrote: > On 4/20/16 10:59 PM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > >native Windows and Cygwin. It's been a while since I tried it, but I > >_think_ you can generally use Cygwin Git and Windows Git on the same > >working copy without any difficulties, at least if you avoid the common > >pain points like line ending rewriting and symlinks. > > I've tried the native Windows version of git while debugging this, > and yes, it accepts Windows-style paths correctly. > > The deal-breaking issue with it for me was that it trashed the file > permissions under Cygwin. Every file it touched (be it through > clone, add or any other operation) was set to mode 777, so `git > config core.fileMode false` would've been necessary to stay sane, > but that of course comes with the drawback of not being able to > change file modes. Yes, that's definitely a catch; Windows seems to like to have executable flags on more-or-less everything. You can, if necessary, change filemodes with `git update-index --chmod=+x ` (or `--chmod=-x` to remove the executable flag); that'll stage the change to be committed when you run `git commit`, without touching the permissions on the actual checked out files. You're still not changing the file modes on the files you have checked out, but you're at least making the change for anyone else who uses your commits. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple