How do I update file permissions with git-bash
on Windows 7?
I've tried the following without success:
$ ls -al scripts/script.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 myUid Administ 70 Sep 8 11:24 scripts/script.sh $ git update-index --chmod=+x scripts/script.sh $ ls -al scripts/script.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 myUid Administ 70 Sep 8 11:24 scripts/script.sh $ chmod +x scripts/script.sh $ ls -al scripts/script.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 myUid Administ 70 Sep 8 11:24 scripts/script.sh
We can provide the executable permission by using the below command, chmod +x filename.sh. chmod (Change Mode) - Using chmod we can change the access permissions to file system objects. +x - It makes the file executable.
The solution is to use the Git update-index command to assign the execute permissions. This will assign execute permissions to the bash file. After that you can commit the changes to the repo.
You are probably using NTFS or FAT32 on Windows, and those filesystems do not support the executable permission. Instead, cygwin looks at the file name and contents to determine whether it's executable:
Files are considered to be executable if the filename ends with .bat, .com or .exe, or if its content starts with #!.
So you should make sure that the bash file starts with a shebang (e.g. #!/bin/bash
). Then, you should be able to just execute the file, disregarding the permission output of ls
.
If you're updating scripts in a windows environment that are being deployed to a linux filesystem, even though they are permitted to run locally, you may still find yourself needing to grant execute before pushing.
From this article on Change file permissions when working with git repo's on windows:
.sh
file where you want to grant execute permissionsCheck the existing permissions with the following command:
git ls-files --stage
Which should return something like 100644
Update the permissions with the following command
git update-index --chmod=+x 'name-of-shell-script'
Check the file permission again
git ls-files --stage
Which should return something like 100755
Commit changes and push!
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