git push＆pull文件权限更改

Question

I have a project on my production server linux1 .

1. I copied the project from linux1 to my Windows PC with Windows FileZilla.
2. Then I copied it to my test server linux2 from my Windows PC with Windows Filezilla.
3. On the linux2 test server I made some file permission changes on the files and also changed some of the code.
4. Then I copied the project from linux2 test server back to my Windows PC with Windows FileZilla.

If I now push the project from my Windows PC to my Git repository, and if I then pull the project on my production linux1 server, will the file permissions on linux1 change? Or will this just update the code?

Answer 1

Git only tracks one permission: the executable bit. All files are stored as 644 (owner rw- , group and other r-- ) or 755 (owner rwx , group and other rx ).

When you pull on your production server files' executable bits will be updated according to how they were committed. Other permissions and file ownership are not tracked. The user doing the pull ing needs permission to modify the files on the local filesystem and will probably become the owner of any modified files.

If you need further control over permissions you can run a script. Alternatively, use a deployment tool that has more robust control over file permissions (that's not what Git was designed to do).

As a side note, it would probably be simpler to just use git clone / fetch / pull on your staging server instead of going through your Windows PC.