File Permissions

[Luke Hoersten]

Permissions in a shared repo are being set too restrictive for access
(0640 instead of 0660).

I'm working on a project with a team of about 7 people. We are using
mercurial and in my home directory on a server which I do not maintain
(it's maintained through my university), the push via ssh to the
shared repo. They all have their own accounts on the server and we are
all in the same group.

When they update files or push new files, the files are added with
permissions like 0640 which doesn't allow anyone else in the group to
modify that file then.

I've been pointed to a chmask extension which I will attempt to use
but I'm wondering what other people do in this situation? How do I
ensure the group bit will always be greater than or equal to 6?

Thanks,
-- 
Luke Hoersten
http://Luke.Hoersten.org