Re: What does "modified" in git status mean?

> I am using git version 1.7.5.1 under cygwin and I'm getting
> behavior that I'm not understanding.
> 
> When I do 'git status' in the root directory of the repository, it
> shows no difference. Once I cd to a subdirectory, it starts showing
> modifications. However, 'git diff' shows nothing.
> 
> So it looks something like this: $ git status # On branch master 
> nothing to commit (working directory clean)
> 
> $ cd foo $ git status # On branch master # Changes not staged for
> commit: #   (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be
> committed) #   (use "git checkout -- <file>..." to discard changes
> in working directory) # #       modified:   ../foo/bar
> 
> $ git diff $
> 
> I put the following in my gitconfig but that doesn't seem to be
> doing much. [core] trustctime = false autocrlf = input