From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2016 18:17:27 +0000 (-0400) Subject: comment X-Git-Tag: archive/raspbian/10.20250416-2+rpi1~1^2~294^2~60 X-Git-Url: https://dgit.raspbian.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9d48f2666d80397cc48dd547d32b1806a18b0499;p=git-annex.git comment --- diff --git a/doc/todo/unlock_--read-only/comment_1_19da9b33836df34b7d747039e6863586._comment b/doc/todo/unlock_--read-only/comment_1_19da9b33836df34b7d747039e6863586._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6047827eac --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/unlock_--read-only/comment_1_19da9b33836df34b7d747039e6863586._comment @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-10-17T18:09:44Z" + content=""" +The protection offered by a read-only mode is pretty minimal; any program +that writes a file atomically using rename will bypass it. So, as programs +are implemented better, they'll bypass this "protection" more -- not much of +a protection! + +Also, it doesn't make much sense to call this operation "unlock" if it's +intended to not let programs modify the files. +"""]]