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Re: git status showing phantom modifications

From
Tay Ray Chuan <rctay89@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 25, 2010, 11:03 UTC
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Hi,
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 6:41 PM, Michael Ludwig <michael.ludwig@xing.com> wrote:
Show 9 quoted lines
> 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)?

-- 
Cheers,
Ray Chuan
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