git fails to add files that have root only permissions

I am sitting on a cross development chair and created a JFFS2 file system to be used on the target. Inside that tree are several directories and files that have root permissions only. When I git add this tree I get error: Unable to index file [file with problem] fatal: adding files failed

I don't want to run git commands as root And I don't want root priviledge need开发者_如何学Pythoned on checkouts

How can I add this tree?

Thanx

Git is good, but git is not capable of reading files it is not allowed to read. You have conflicting requirements - root-only access to the files but not running git as root.

You will have to change one of the two requirements. I recommend changing the permissions on the files.