Re: Odd Difference Between Windows Git and Standard Git
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Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@web.de>
- Date
- May 20, 2016, 14:19 UTC
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- <ede1c113-1ab8-6043-3e39-bbacec5db31c@web.de>
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- <c20b9819-1b2d-6704-d870-1c0102dd9e35@gmail.com>
On 20.05.16 15:48, Jon Forrest wrote:
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> > > On 5/20/2016 6:19 AM, Torsten Bögershausen wrote: >> On 20.05.16 03:48, Jon Forrest wrote: >>> I'm running Git version 2.8.2 built from source on Ubuntu 16.04. >>> I'm using a repository that's stored on Dropbox. I'm the only person >>> accessing this repo. Everything works great. >>> >>> For reasons unrelated to Git, I decided to try Git for Windows, >>> so I installed "git version 2.8.2.windows.1" on Windows 10. >>> When I run 'git status' on Ubuntu the list I see is exactly what >>> I expect. However, when I run 'git status' on the >>> same Dropbox repo on Windows, I see what I expect plus I'm told >>> that every .pdf file and some .png files are modified. >> To bring at least a little light into the story: >> >> What does >> git diff >> say ? > > Great question. For all the unexpected files it says the > same thing: > > old mode 100755 > new mode 100644
So the solution is to run git config core.filemode false