How can I get git to read mode changes?

Question

I've changed permissions on a folder and want to push it out to the repository. However, git doesn't recognize the permission changes.

Any idea why not and how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Git & directory modes:

In short, you would need extensions to commit directory modes and permissions in general. See this question:

How does git handle folder permission? --> http://joeyh.name/code/etckeeper/

Git & file modes (regular files only):

Use git-config(1) to see, how git is configured:

git config core.filemode or git config --global core.filemode respectively

git config core.filemode true would enable mode change awareness.

Note:

• Any local setting will override the corresponding --gobal setting (in case of doubt, I would recommend to change the local config first).
• core.filemode applies to the x bit of regular files only.

See also:

• How do I make Git ignore file mode (chmod) changes?
• How do I make git accept mode changes without accepting all text changes?