Comment 8 for bug 514573

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Jelmer Vernooij (jelmer) wrote : Re: [Bug 514573] Re: unusual_modes drops when a file having unusual mode stays continuing revisions.

On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 05:47 +0000, INADA Naoki wrote:
> I failed to make an unusual mode with GitBranchBuilder, because git fast-import rejects unusual mode...
> Could you make it with dulwich? Or can I use external git repository for the test?
You're welcome to use an existing git repository for the test. Please
  keep it as small as possible so that we don't grow the Dulwich source
 unnecessarily and so that we can easily debug issues.

> BTW, I'm less sure than before about bzr-git should support unusual modes.
> I can fix msgpack repository with git fast-export & fast-import.
As long as there are git repositories out there that contain unusual
modes we have to support them.

Cheers,

Jelmer