From: Michael Ludwig <michael.ludwig@xing.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:41:05 GMT
Subject: git status showing phantom modifications
Message-ID: <9B3C1167-7667-4B1F-BEE5-F47FE89F8692@xing.com>

This is on Cygwin, package git-1.6.4.2-1 [1]:

michael@wladimir:/cygdrive/m/REPOS6.TECH.git :-) git st
# On branch master
nothing to commit (working directory clean)

Note: This repository is a fresh conversion from a subversion repository.
As mentioned, this is Cygwin on XP Home, and the filesystem is NTFS.

michael@wladimir:/cygdrive/m/REPOS6.TECH.git :-) cd comp

Note: The directory I've cd'd into is not a submodule, just a regular part
of the working copy.

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 ...

I would expect the output of git status to be consistent regardless of my
position in the working directory.

Git bug, Cygwin issue, or some oversight of mine?

[1] http://cygwin.com/packages/git/
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