How do you deal with file ownership in git?

Question

I\'m working on an embedded Linux project. Our build process makes an image that gets flashed to a device. Many of our files require root ownership for the system to work co

Answer 1

I'm not sure I understand why some files must be chowne'd root. Intuitively I'd guess your problem is the dependence on the owner, not that Git doesn't store ownership. What you can do is chown in you your build.