On 6 9, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:31:50 -0700 
>  "Erik E. Fair" <fair@clock.org> wrote:
> 
>  > SUP: File server unable to transfer file src/etc/etc.next68k/MAKEDEV
>  > SUP: File server unable to transfer file src/etc/etc.next68k/disktab
>  > SUP: File server unable to transfer file src/etc/etc.next68k/fstab.nfs
>  > SUP: File server unable to transfer file src/etc/etc.next68k/ttys
> 
> SIGH!  This is due to developers having incorrect permissions on the
> local copies of their files when they commit them to the repository.
> 
> If I had a dollar for every time I've had to remind people to get the
> perms right, I'd have enough to buy a failing computer manufacturer or two
> by now.

  Would putting a permissions check into the commitinfo script take care
of this?  (It's not clear to me from the docs that the check script would
have access to the permissions in the case of a remote commit, but maybe
it would.)