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--- docs:git:fixing_cygwin_file_mode_changes [2009/11/06 12:12] – created billh
+++ docs:git:fixing_cygwin_file_mode_changes [2009/11/06 12:45] (current) – billh
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 ====== fixing cygwin filemode changes ======
-Although I haven't yet figured out why the file modes are changing, you can ignore/stop them with this:<code>
+** UPDATE **
+This may have been a Vim issue for me.  After modifying a file and saving in Win32 Vim, the filemode was changed and git would say there was a change.  See :help backupcopy in vim for more info.  The fix is to add this to your .vimrc:<code>
+:set backupcopy=yes
+</code>
+If something else causes this that you can't control, you can tell git to ignore these changes with this:<code>
 git repo-config core.fileMode false
 </code>
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 ===== External Links =====
   * http://blog.philhersh.com/weblog/2009/09/git-on-windows.html
+  * http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vimdev/message/47472