Re: Can RCS save the history of the executable bit?

Paul Eggert <[email protected]> Sun, 7 Nov 2021 23:05:49 -0800

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.rcs
Organization	UCLA Computer Science Department
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On 11/7/21 22:42, Sam Lee wrote:
> Is there a way to record this
> change in executable bit in RCS' history? Or does the history in RCS
> completely ignore the executable bit?

Historically, yes. You 'chmod +x RCS/foo,v' to make all checkouts of 
'foo' executable, regardless of version number. Obviously not the best.