microsoft / microsoft/VFSForGit
Mac: Detect mode changes to placeholder files
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domain: kext
domain: user-mode
platform: macOS
- Dominant language
- C#
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Description
Related: #223
git status should report placeholder files as modified when their mode changes
Additionally, the kext should prevent mode changes to files while the repo is not mounted (see discussion in #182)
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading related issues #223 and #182, then reproduce mode changes on placeholder files on macOS with the repository mounted and unmounted. Done means git status reports mode changes for placeholder files and the kext prevents file mode changes while the repository is unmounted.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp, macos
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100