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### Please describe the problem.
Git annex cannot add files that are marked read-only
Git annex cannot add/import files in folders without w or x permission
Note that (as stated in the comments) this might not be a bug. The problem might somewhere within Git, because Git does not manage file permissions very well. I was just hoping that I could import large directory trees into git-annex with a simple call to "git annex import"; now it seems I have to fix their permissions first.
### What steps will reproduce the problem?
$ echo "This should not be modified" > read_only_file.txt
$ chmod 400 read_only_file.txt
$ git annex add .
add read_only_file.txt (checksum...)
git-annex: read_only_file.txt: removeLink: permission denied (Permission denied)
failed
$ cd /tmp
$ mkdir -p folder/subfolder
$ echo "some text" > folder/subfolder/some_file.txt
$ chmod 500 folder/subfolder
$ mkdir annex
$ cd annex
$ git init
$ git annex init "Testing git annex"
$ git annex import ../folder
Fails
$ chmod 600 ../folder/subfolder
$ git annex import ../folder
Fails
$ chmod 700 ../folder/subfolder
$ git annex import ../folder
Works. Subfolder now has 755 permissions
### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
@ -23,11 +35,3 @@ Git annex cannot add files that are marked read-only
upgrade supported from repository versions: 0 1 2
git version 1.8.4.3
> Per my comment, I don't think the above reproduction steps are accurate.
> I think the bug reporter must have actually had a directory that did not
> have the write bit set, or some other problem that prevented git-annex
> from writing to the directory, and not to the file.
>
> Closing as apparently not a bug. Please comment back if you have
> better infomation. [[done]] --[[Joey]]