Instead of changing the ACLs of files individually, use the --recursive option of setfacl#1
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Looks good! Using setfacl -R is the right approach here — it correctly ignores default: ACL entries on files, so the manual file/directory distinction is unnecessary. This is cleaner, more performant, and easier to maintain. Thanks for contributing!
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setfacl is smart enough that when using the
--recursiveoption, it does not apply the default ACL entries to the files in subdirectories. Therefore, the--recursiveoption can be used instead of making the distinction between files and directories in the program code.