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Claude Code v2.1.296 ·

Safe file writes now change file owner and permissions in a safer order

When Claude Code safely replaces a file, it now changes the owner and permissions in a safer order and reports failures clearly

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What

Claude Code saves some files by writing a complete new copy and then swapping it in, so a file is never left half written. That process can now change a file from one owner to another, and it does this in a safer order relative to changing the file's permissions. If changing the owner fails, Claude Code reports it as a distinct error. When no change of owner is asked for, the file keeps only its owner's permissions.

Before, Claude Code changed the owner once, always before the permissions.

Why

This shortens the moment when a file could have the wrong owner or the wrong permissions.

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