Common Git Issues

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🚫 File Permissions Issue

File permissions in Git Bash on Windows or Linux might differ from the remote repository (e.g., Gerrit or GitHub).

🔍 Check Permissions

Check the existing remote file permissions with the following command:

git ls-files --stage

Output typically looks like 100644 (rw-r--r--) or 100755 (rwxr-xr-x).

🛠️ Fix Permissions

Update the permissions with the following command (e.g., to make a script executable):

git update-index --chmod=+x 'script.sh'

Check the file permission again to confirm consistency:

git ls-files --stage 

Commit the changes and push!

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🧠 Quick Quiz — Permissions

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Which command is used to explicitly change file permissions in the Git index?

git chmod +x file

git update-index --chmod=+x file

git commit --chmod file

git permissions set file

Git handles permissions via update-index as it tracks the executable bit.

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