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Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 23:18:59 -0700
From: Jim Garrison <jhg AT jhmg DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin Git thinks files are changed when they aren't
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On 3/24/2015 5:50 PM, Yaakov Selkowitz wrote:
> On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 16:42 -0400, Chloe wrote:
>> Cygwin Git always thinks files are changed even when they aren't. After 
>> a commit with a Windows Git, Cygwin Git shows files as modified.
> [snip]
>> $ git diff .project
>> diff --git a/.project b/.project
>> old mode 100644
>> new mode 100755
> 
> This is your answer.  On Windows, everything is executable, so changing
> a file with any native Windows program is bound to set the executable
> bit.  A change in permissions is considered a modification in git, hence
> the message.
> 
> To avoid this, you'll probably have to git clone with your Windows git
> to start with, as Cygwin programs won't change the permissions unless
> you tell them to.

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1580596

git config core.fileMode false


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