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Downloading files and folders should preserve executable bit #112099
Description
Describe the bug
When you download a file from a remote (e.g. Codespaces), attributes such as the executable bit are removed. This is a (somewhat minor) annoyance when you are downloading files such as compiled binaries.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior with Codespaces:
- Within a codespace, create a file that has the executable bit set (e.g.
touch foo && chmod +x foo). - CMD+Click on the file and download it to your laptop
- The file will not have the executable bit locally so you need to run
chmod +x fooagain
Expected behavior
The executable bit should be preserved when downloading files.
Activity
isidorn commentedon Dec 8, 2020
Code pointer
vscode/src/vs/workbench/contrib/files/browser/fileActions.ts
Line 1130 in 5e5ae15
fyi Benjamin Pasero (@bpasero) since I believe you wrote the original download code and you might have ideas.
If not I can do some investagion...
bpasero commentedon Dec 9, 2020
Isidor Nikolic (@isidorn) this is not possible to implement with todays file system provider API. We would need to add group/permission/executable information to file system providers (Johannes Rieken (@jrieken)), otherwise we cannot restore this.
Some related issues: #48659, #71204