Let's say I clone a git repo onto my NTFS drive. After that, I open that as a dev container in VS Code. Would +x permissions on shell scripts work then? In this scenario, the +x attribute is set on the file in git.
I know NTFS doesn't support it, and trying to understand what the workflow looks like.
baby_souffle · 2026-06-29 22:42:57 UTC
Ntfs supports alternative data streams so they probably use that to record the unix permission byres
Neywiny · 2026-06-29 23:34:55 UTC
My recommendation is that sadly it's just not worth it. NTFS not being case sensitive has caused me uncountable lost hours for why repos wouldn't compile. I don't understand people choosing to rely on case sensitivity for anything because it's a readability issue for me, but people do. The amount of times I've just re-cloned in the wsl drive and my weirdness goes away is too high
awson · 2026-06-30 04:25:02 UTC
NTFS is case sensitive.
axus · 2026-06-29 20:42:48 UTC
I hope this plays nice with regular WSL, and my non-standard networking configuration.
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It's time
I know NTFS doesn't support it, and trying to understand what the workflow looks like.