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How to use EGIT to change a file to executable [message #1779224]

Thu, 04 January 2018 08:00

Andy Ho

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I would like to change a file e.g. a shell script A.sh to have executable permission like 777. How can I do it in EGIT instead to do this manually in LINUX filesystem.

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Re: How to use EGIT to change a file to executable [message #1779281 is a reply to message #1779224]

Thu, 04 January 2018 18:17

Matthias Sohn

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Why should this be EGit's business ? This is in no way related to git functionality but
rather generic file handling.

You can do this in the following way using the Eclipse resource model:
- select the file e.g. in project explorer or open in it in Eclipse text editor
- click "Properties > Resource" in the context menu
- under "Permissions" you find checkboxes allowing to change permissions

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Re: How to use EGIT to change a file to executable [message #1779305 is a reply to message #1779281]

Fri, 05 January 2018 07:40

Andy Ho

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Registered: January 2018

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Hi Matthias,

Thanks for the reply. However if we follow the steps in Eclipse or using generic file handling way we will not be able to commit and push the file to be executable.
When there is a jenkins job for example, after it finished clone and then run the abc.sh it does not able to run due it is not executable.

In svn plugin like subclipse, we have something like Set property svn:exeutable

Thanks

[Updated on: Fri, 05 January 2018 07:42]

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Re: How to use EGIT to change a file to executable [message #1779313 is a reply to message #1779305]

Fri, 05 January 2018 09:21

Ed Merks

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Can't you do something like ". abc.sh" or "bash abc.sh" or "source abc.sh" so that it doesn't need execute permission?

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Re: How to use EGIT to change a file to executable [message #1779412 is a reply to message #1779313]

Sat, 06 January 2018 18:59

Matthias Sohn

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Set the resource executable using checkboxes in Resource properties and then stage this mode change using EGit
and then you can commit and push that modification using EGit. I noticed that the staging view doesn't notice the
mode change (that's a bug). Though if you click the refresh button in the staging view it will notice that the file mode changed
and you can stage and commit this modification.

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Re: How to use EGIT to change a file to executable [message #1779413 is a reply to message #1779412]

Sat, 06 January 2018 19:21

Matthias Sohn

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@Ed: is there an event fired by Eclipse when file mode (execute bit) changes ? Couldn't find a matching constant in IResourceDelta.

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Re: How to use EGIT to change a file to executable [message #1779419 is a reply to message #1779413]

Sun, 07 January 2018 06:16

Ed Merks

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I don't think so. Looking at org.eclipse.core.internal.localstore.FileSystemResourceManager.setResourceAttributes(IResource, ResourceAttributes) it appears to be operating on the undelrying files as one would expect, but it only calls the workspace's refresh manager in the case that the executable state of a folder is actually changed. So no, it appears you can't know that this state change has occurred via an IResourceDelta, or via any other mechanism. That seems unfortunate, e.g., it wouldn't be possible to implement a label decorator that showed such bits.

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