git-preserve-permissions

Preserve file permissions within a git repository

Installation

Copy git-preserve-permissions somewhere in your PATH (maybe ~/bin).

post-checkout and pre-commit hooks are provided. You can copy them in your repository directory .git/hooks.

The following configuration options are available:

preserve-permissions.file: storage file name (defaults to .git-preserve-permissions)
preserve-permissions.user: true/false to save/restore uid (defaults to false)
preserve-permissions.group: true/false to save/restore gid (defaults to false)
preserve-permissions.perms: octal mask to select bits to save/restore (defaults to 0700)
preserve-permissions.autosave: true/false to automatically save new permissions on commit (defaults to false)
preserve-permissions.autosavePatch: true/false to use git add -p when autosave is on (defaults to true)

Use the following command to set them:

git config <option> <value>

Use the following command to unset them:

git config --unset <option>

Use git preserve-permissions --save to save permissions in a file named .git-preserve-permissions.

Commit this file to the current branch. It will be useful upon branch checkouts.

Do it for each branch where you need to save permissions.

Use git preserve-permissions --check to check whether permissions have change. This is done each time you do a commit, by the pre-commit hook.

Use git preserve-permissions --restore to restore previous permissions. This is done each time you do a checkout, by the post-checkout hook.

This project is published under GPLv3+

Any bug, suggestion, report is welcome.