Stop tracking file modes in git

file_mode.txt

Solution

Luckily, the solution is very simple – tell git to stop tracking filemodes! I set this as a global option, but also had to set it on the repository too as it has a default value set in there. The following two commands sorted it out:

git config --global core.filemode false
git config core.filemode false

http://www.grumpydev.com/2011/01/19/switching-from-cygwin-to-msysgit-git-thinks-everything-has-been-modified/