In MSYS2, git status shows a bunch of files modified but in Cygwin, nothing modified.
In both, I run the command:
$ git reset --hard && git submodule foreach --recursive git reset --hard && git submodule update --init --recursive
In MSYS2, I see this
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
(commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)
modified: doc/html/images/next_disabled.png
modified: doc/html/images/prev_disabled.png
modified: doc/html/images/up_disabled.png
And a diff shows
$ git diff doc/html/images/next_disabled.png
diff --git a/doc/html/images/next_disabled.png b/doc/html/images/next_disabled.png
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
But in Cygwin, git status shows no modifications
QUESTION
Why does MSYS2 show a difference?
And what is the "mode"?
UPDATE
I did git config core.fileMode false but that only helped with the non-submodules.
$ git status
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
(use "git restore <file>..." to discard changes in working directory)
(commit or discard the untracked or modified content in submodules)
modified: libs/asio (modified content)
modified: libs/beast (modified content)
modified: libs/config (modified content)
modified: libs/convert (modified content)
modified: libs/date_time (modified content)
modified: libs/function (modified content)
modified: libs/gil (modified content)
modified: libs/histogram (modified content)
modified: libs/iterator (modified content)
modified: libs/json (modified content)
modified: libs/leaf (modified content)
modified: libs/local_function (modified content)
modified: libs/math (modified content)
modified: libs/mpl (modified content)
modified: libs/multiprecision (modified content)
modified: libs/mysql (modified content)
modified: libs/nowide (modified content)
modified: libs/pfr (modified content)
modified: libs/pool (modified content)
modified: libs/process (modified content)
modified: libs/program_options (modified content)
modified: libs/python (modified content)
modified: libs/safe_numerics (modified content)
modified: libs/serialization (modified content)
modified: libs/sort (modified content)
modified: libs/stl_interfaces (modified content)
modified: libs/url (modified content)
modified: tools/boost_install (modified content)
modified: tools/boostdep (modified content)
modified: tools/build (modified content)
modified: tools/docca (modified content)
modified: **tools/quickbook** (modified content)
MSYS /c/work/misc/boost/boost-repo
$ git diff tools/quickbook/extra/katepart/install.sh
MSYS /c/work/misc/boost/boost-repo
$ cd tools/quickbook/
MSYS /c/work/misc/boost/boost-repo/tools/quickbook
$ git diff extra/katepart/install.sh
diff --git a/extra/katepart/install.sh b/extra/katepart/install.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
You can set the value globally:
git config --global core.fileMode false
so it will be applied to all current and future repositories; it will be applied to all submodules because submodules are repositories on their own.
Or you can set the value for the current repository and all current submodules:
git config core.fileMode false
git submodules foreach git config core.fileMode false
If you'll add a new submodule in the future you'll need to set the value for the new submodule:
cd new_submodule_dir
git config core.fileMode false
Or simply run git submodules foreach git config core.fileMode false once more.