you are correct, the changes were because the file permission was changed. i did a git reset --hard HEAD to reset the changes. the external HDD is of the type 'fuseblk'.
Also, any reason why the file permission changes while copying the files. For now i tarred the whole folder and copied it to the HDD. two useful links were: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1257592/removing-files-saying-old-mode-100755-new-mode-100644-from-unstaged-changes-in http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/issues/detail?id=164 thanks On Dec 5, 5:57 am, Jeffrey <jefr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Also try to use the "-a" option to the cp command -- this is how > > it actually supposed to be used. Or try good old tar. > > As far as your disk space is not an issue, I'd stick to the first > > colution. > > Yep, the modifications you saw were presumably permissions changes. > They could be unavoidable, though - I think external drives are > generally sold pre-formatted FAT32, so you'll copy the files and > they'll all turn executable... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To post to this group, send email to git-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
