[cvsnt] Re: permissions 444;

[Tony Hoyle]

Martijn Laan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Some files in a repository I use have per revision lines like
> 
> permissions    444;
> 
> This seems to cause WinCVS to (sometimes?) mark the file readonly in my 
> working copy which is unwanted. However, I can't find how to remove 
> these lines nor do I have any idea how they got there in the first place.

They have nothing to do with the readonly versions in the working copy, 
they only record the permissions of that revision (their only current 
use is to record the executable status for unix scripts).

Do not remove these lines or edit repository files directly.  The file 
format is relatively simple but if you don't know what you are doing you 
can lose the entire file.

Tony