From: Jonathan Nieder Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 11:11:07 +0000 (-0500) Subject: RelNotes/1.7.7.1: setgid bit patch is about fixing "git init" via Makefile setting X-Git-Tag: v1.7.7.1~1 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7fe74f52f95f6265e2e00320d886846b969509e6;p=git.git RelNotes/1.7.7.1: setgid bit patch is about fixing "git init" via Makefile setting The change was actually about "git init -s" which sets the setgid bit on SysV-style systems to allow shared access to a repository, and can provoke errors on BSD-style systems, depending on how permissive the filesystem in use wants to be. More to the point, the patch was just taking a fix that arrived for FreeBSD in v1.5.5 days and making it also apply to machines using an (obscure) GNU userland/FreeBSD kernel mixture. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt index fecfac8a1..ac9b838e2 100644 --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.7.1.txt @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Fixes since v1.7.7 ------------------ * On some BSD systems, adding +s bit on directories is detrimental - (it is not necessary on BSD to begin with). The installation - procedure has been updated to take this into account. + (it is not necessary on BSD to begin with). "git init --shared" + has been updated to take this into account without extra makefile + settings on platforms the Makefile knows about. * After incorrectly written third-party tools store a tag object in HEAD, git diagnosed it as a repository corruption and refused to