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Is there a way to automatically set the execution bit upon committing a new bash script from a Windows machine?

The manual way to do it is git update-index --chmod=+x myscript.sh - but this is typically only done postmortem after the build process fails on the linux box due to missing execute permission on the script.

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  • You may be able to do it in commit hook. Commented Aug 20, 2023 at 16:58
  • I definitely think it could be done in a commit hook, but then the hook has to be installed manually, which is a different issue. My initial thought is to put a hook on the server that rejects a commit with .sh files not marked executable, but then that creates still a different set of problems. Commented Aug 21, 2023 at 15:06
  • When I said commit hook, I didn't mean rejects a commit with .sh files not marked executable. I wonder if commit hook can enforce the setting of executable bits. Commented Aug 21, 2023 at 15:10
  • Maybe stackoverflow.com/questions/1580596/… could be helpful? Commented Sep 13, 2023 at 9:14
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    @WyattCarpenter - there's probably the start of an answer in there somewhere. Thanks for the pointer. Commented Sep 14, 2023 at 14:28
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