functions to add to your shell profile to easily manage file permissions. Can then do "git pull && http-permissions" to make sure your files have the write permissions. Thanks to Josh Hall for the idea to add the functions to shell

.functions.sh

#Parameter ${1} is the directory you want to effect like /www/zendsvr/htdocs/ or /www/zendsvr/writeable/uploads

function http-permissions() {
    system -i "CHGAUT OBJ('${1}') USER(NOGROUP) DTAAUT(*RX) OBJAUT(*NONE) SUBTREE(*ALL)"
    system -i "CHGPGP OBJ('${1}') NEWPGP(NOGROUP) RVKOLDAUT(*NO) SUBTREE(*ALL)"
    #Usage: on the command line 
    #http-permissions /www/zendsvr/htdocs/
    #/www/zendsvr/htdocs/ will be given permissions recursively to the apache group
}
function http-write-permissions() {
    system -i "CHGAUT OBJ('${1}') USER(QTMHHTTP) DTAAUT(*RWX) OBJAUT(*NONE) SUBTREE(*NO)"
}
function remove-public-permissions() {
    system -i "CHGAUT OBJ('${1}') USER(*PUBLIC) DTAAUT(*NONE) OBJAUT(*NONE) SUBTREE(*ALL)"
    #in case someone incorrectly gave public permissions
}
function developer-permissions() {
    system -i "CHGOWN OBJ('${1}') NEWOWN(WEBCODERS) RVKOLDAUT(*NO) SUBTREE(*ALL)"
    system -i "CHGAUT OBJ('${1}') USER(WEBCODERS) DTAAUT(*RWX) OBJAUT(*ALL) SUBTREE(*ALL)"
}