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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"repo.index.add() method attempts to chmod files which it should not","articleBody":"The behavior of the `repo.index.add()` method behaves differently than the CLI equivalent `git add`:\n```\n0$ git add *\n0$ python3 -c 'import git; git.Repo.init().git.add(\"*\")'\n0$ python3 -c 'import git; git.Repo.init().index.add(\"*\")'\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"\u003cstring\u003e\", line 1, in \u003cmodule\u003e\n  File \"/opt/conda/base/envs/cds/lib/python3.10/site-packages/git/index/base.py\", line 885, in add\n    entries_added.extend(self._entries_for_paths(paths, path_rewriter, fprogress, entries))\n  File \"/opt/conda/base/envs/cds/lib/python3.10/site-packages/git/util.py\", line 176, in wrapper\n    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/opt/conda/base/envs/cds/lib/python3.10/site-packages/git/index/util.py\", line 111, in set_git_working_dir\n    return func(self, *args, **kwargs)\n  File \"/opt/conda/base/envs/cds/lib/python3.10/site-packages/git/index/base.py\", line 745, in _entries_for_paths\n    entries_added.append(self._store_path(filepath, fprogress))\n  File \"/opt/conda/base/envs/cds/lib/python3.10/site-packages/git/index/base.py\", line 698, in _store_path\n    istream = self.repo.odb.store(IStream(Blob.type, st.st_size, stream))\n  File \"/opt/conda/base/envs/cds/lib/python3.10/site-packages/gitdb/db/loose.py\", line 233, in store\n    chmod(obj_path, self.new_objects_mode)\nPermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/path/to/repo/.git/objects/02/60b9d2b53981a5ddbe20f3f0aae350b2806d22'\n1$ \n```\nI don't see any reason that the python-native methods should be doing anything different than what the CLI does.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jrollins","@type":"Person","name":"jrollins"},"datePublished":"2025-04-07T23:35:54.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/2021/GitPython/issues/2021"}