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The old ` --change-permissions ` flag was poorly designed and not able to express
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the real intentions (e.g. "allow group write" does not mean "set everything to
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- 0775"). The new ` --group-write ` flag should cover what people ACTUALLY are
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- trying to do. The ` --change-permissions ` flag is no longer supported.
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+ 0775"). The new ` --group-write ` flag should cover what most people ACTUALLY
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+ are trying to do.
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+ There is one case where ` --change-permissions ` was useful and ` --group-write `
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+ is not - making non-executable files in the repo executable so they can be run
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+ as exechooks. The proper solution here is to make the file executable in the
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+ repo, rather than changing it after checkout.
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+ The ` --change-permissions ` flag is no longer supported.
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### SSH: ` --ssh `
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