Re: git status showing phantom modifications

From: Michael Ludwig <michael.ludwig@xing.com>
Date: Jan 25, 2010, 11:43 UTC
Message-ID: <4017EB11-4B29-4599-B19A-91BC39632BBF@xing.com>
In-Reply-To: <be6fef0d1001250303p2c12381ao7d3a8a1d48eebb56@mail.gmail.com>

Am 25.01.2010 um 12:03 schrieb Tay Ray Chuan:

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> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Michael Ludwig <michael.ludwig@xing.com> wrote:
>> michael@wladimir:/cygdrive/m/REPOS6.TECH.git/comp :-) git st
>> # On branch master
>> # Changed but not updated:
>> #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
>> #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
>> #
>> #       modified:   mw/wsdl-version.txt
>> #       modified:   net/httpsrvr/iis6.wodo
>> #       ... and about 100 more of that ...
> 
> try running git diff. I suspect the changes are to filemodes. What
> does your git config look like regarding this (particularly
> core.fileMode)?

Running git diff informed me there were no changes to content, which is what I forgot to add to the description of the problem.

Unfortunately, right now I'm not at the system where this occurred, so I can't say what git config looks like. I did not, however, make any customization other than user.email and alias.st and some others.

Reading up about core.fileMode in git-config(1), I think you've pointed me to the solution. I should probably just set it to false. If that doesn't solve the issue, I'll report back.

Google also found me an old patch that might be related to the problem:

[PATCH] Force core.filemode to false on Cygwin. http://marc.info/?l=git&m=116754085018507&w=2

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