archive: document limitation of tar.umask config setting
The local value of the config variable tar.umask is not passed to the other side with --remote. We may want to change that, but for now just document this fact. Reported-by: Jacek Masiulaniec <jacek.masiulaniec@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ tar.umask::
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tar archive entries. The default is 0002, which turns off the
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world write bit. The special value "user" indicates that the
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archiving user's umask will be used instead. See umask(2) for
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- details.
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+ details. If `--remote` is used then only the configuration of
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+ the remote repository takes effect.
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ATTRIBUTES
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