You can use this to see what the mode is set to for a file: $ git ls-files --stage <file>
--Dasa On Apr 3, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Frédéric THOMAS <webdoubl...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I just read the git mode particularities from [1] > > In this case, you’re specifying a mode of 100644, which means it’s a normal > file. Other options are 100755, which means it’s an executable file; and > 120000, which specifies a symbolic link. The mode is taken from normal UNIX > modes but is much less flexible — these three modes are the only ones that > are valid for files (blobs) in Git (although other modes are used for > directories and submodules). > > -Fred > > [1] http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Internals-Git-Objects
