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 -- Jim Garrison (j...@acm.org) PGP Keys at http://www.jhmg.net RSA 0x04B73B7F DH 0x70738D88 -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
