From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-git bug with top-level repositories Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:42 -0400 Message-ID: References: <200808181433.m7IEX8U3028640@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808181639.m7IGd1kb005968@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <200808182031.m7IKVbR7001754@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1220025257 2447 80.91.229.12 (29 Aug 2008 15:54:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:54:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: dann@ics.uci.edu, eliz@gnu.org, claus.klingberg@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 29 17:55:10 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KZ6JT-0004pk-Rc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:55:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40986 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ6IU-0005Eh-Pj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ6IQ-0005Do-KA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ6IO-0005BC-Qt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52855 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KZ6IO-0005B9-Nk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:56 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:37187) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KZ6IG-0000V4-BR; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:48 -0400 Original-Received: from alfajor.home (vpn-132-204-232-34.acd.umontreal.ca [132.204.232.34]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7TFsBkm001023; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:11 -0400 Original-Received: by alfajor.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id E3A741C277; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:53:42 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:05:26 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV3092=0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:103183 Archived-At: > In this case, the directory was in /, / is always owned by root, and > /.git was owned by ams. I suspect this only crops up in system wide > git trees, like /etc is owned by root, and then you have another user > create /etc/.git to manage /etc. The owner of the .git administrative directory does not affect VC's operation, AFAIK. Stefan