[PATCH] posix: add configuration option to ignore execution mode changes (issue3301)

[Matt Mackall]

On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 09:04 +0000, A. S. Budden wrote:
> On 2 March 2012 19:14, Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 12:20 +0000, A. S. Budden wrote:
> >> # HG changeset patch
> >> # User A. S. Budden <abudden at gmail.com>
> >> # Date 1330690534 0
> >> # Node ID 105fae68f78292cebd41e118bc68b24c171fa553
> >> # Parent  85db991780b7b86913c3e29a5fe7ef25ab5ee93c
> >> posix: add configuration option to ignore execution mode changes (issue3301)
> >>
> >> Using a posix version of Mercurial on a filesystem (such as FAT)
> >> without support for the executable bit can result in Mercurial
> >> erroneously reporting/committing executable bit changes.
> >
> > I'd rather not go this route. If you know of a scenario where we record
> > imaginary exec bit changes, report the details so we can work out
> > whether we can avoid it.
> 
> Unfortunately, the problem is with Windows applications not knowing
> anything about Cygwin permissions and hence setting the executable bit

I am not at all interested in your diagnosis or prescription until AFTER
I hear about the details of your symptoms.

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