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Revert file permission changes in local git repository.. Very useful when you change permissions due to working on a samba share.Lifted from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2517339/git-how-to-recover-the-file-permissions-git-thinks-the-file-should-be
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git-permission-reset
git diff -p \
| grep -E '^(diff|old mode|new mode)' \
| sed -e 's/^old/NEW/;s/^new/old/;s/^NEW/new/' \
| git apply
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