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Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> writes:
>
>> I can remove the existing emacs.git repo and replace it with an empty one.
>
> It's enough if it's made group writable.

Now the "emacs" group has write access to all directories,
but if you're the only one who should be updating it,
it'd be a little safer to make you the owner and remove
group-write permission.