Hi Johannes, do you happen to have any clue on this? -- Cheers, Ray Chuan On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Michael Ludwig <michael.ludwig@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 25.01.2010 um 12:43 schrieb Michael Ludwig: > >> Reading up about core.fileMode in git-config(1), I think you've pointed >> me to the solution. I should probably just set it to false. If that doesn't >> solve the issue, I'll report back. > > Back with more info: > > git version 1.6.4.2 > > Before adding any core.filemode setting to ~/.gitconfig or .git/config: > > michael@wladimir:/cygdrive/m/REPOS6.TECH.git/comp :-) git config -l > user.name=Michael Ludwig > user.email=... > core.repositoryformatversion=0 > core.filemode=true <= filemode already present > core.bare=false > core.logallrefupdates=true > core.ignorecase=true > core.autocrlf=false > svn-remote.svn.ignore-paths=^(some|paths) > svn-remote.svn.url=svn://localhost > svn-remote.svn.fetch=:refs/remotes/git-svn > svn.authorsfile=authors.txt > > My git status output after cd to subdir shows many files "modified". But > they aren't! Edited ~/.gitconfig to include core.filemode = true [sic]. > Here's the diff for the git config output: > > --- /home/michael/a 2010-01-25 20:36:53.140625000 +0100 > +++ /home/michael/b 2010-01-25 20:37:01.421875000 +0100 > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ > alias.ci=checkin > alias.co=checkout > alias.br=branch > +core.filemode=true > core.repositoryformatversion=0 > core.filemode=true > core.bare=false > > We're seeing core.filemode appear *twice*. Why that? > > michael@wladimir:/cygdrive/m/REPOS6.TECH.git/comp :-) git st > # On branch master > nothing to commit (working directory clean) > > So it seems adding core.filemode = true has fixed the issue, or at least > covered the symptoms. Adding core.filemode = false did not cause the > phantom modifications to disappear. Note that from reading git-config(1), > I had rather assumed this latter setting to have the desired effect. > > And something seems to be wrong here. Why are modifications flagged when > doing git status from a subdir but not from the topdir? > > -- > Michael.Ludwig (#) XING.com > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html