linux-2.6 clone with CygWin git

Hello,

I noticed that something might not be right with my CygWin git (latest CygWin relevant build packages + a few days old git build from the next & master branches). When I clone, say, Linus' tree over the native git protocol everything goes fine but a git-status shows this:

$ git-status # On branch master # Changed but not updated: # (use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed) # # modified: include/linux/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter/xt_DSCP.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter/xt_MARK.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_CONNMARK.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_DSCP.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_ECN.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_MARK.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TCPMSS.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TTL.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6t_HL.h # modified: include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6t_MARK.h # modified: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ECN.c # modified: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TOS.c # modified: net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TTL.c # modified: net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c # modified: net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c # modified: net/netfilter/xt_DSCP.c # modified: net/netfilter/xt_MARK.c # modified: net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c # no changes added to commit (use "git add" and/or "git commit -a")

git-fsck --strict --full finds no fault in the clone, git-reset --hard goes fine but changes nothing in the output of git-status. Some additional superficial investigation showed that git-diff doesn't even compare my checked out tree against the latest commit. Checkout of various commits shows the same issue.

Can somebody please double-check this scenario for me just to validate that this happens only due to some particular factors combination on my box?

Thanks, Emil.