hg to track file permission

Michael Smith smithm at netapps.com.au
Fri Sep 16 17:14:49 CDT 2005


On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:05:21 -0700
Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> wrote:

> a) diffs don't contain permission info
> b) Mercurial only tracks the execute bit
> 
> But you can use hg bundle/unbundle to transmit exact changes
> (including executable info, renames, and binary files) from one repo
> to another.

I think it has to be in the diff file, to be of real use.
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