How do I make Git ignore file mode (chmod) changes?

Question

I have a project in which I have to change the mode of files with chmod to 777 while developing, but which should not change in the main repo.

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Answer 1

If you have used chmod command already then check the difference of file, It shows previous file mode and current file mode such as:

new mode : 755

old mode : 644

set old mode of all files using below command

sudo chmod 644 .

now set core.fileMode to false in config file either using command or manually.

git config core.fileMode false

then apply chmod command to change the permissions of all files such as

sudo chmod 755 .

and again set core.fileMode to true.

git config core.fileMode true

For best practises don't Keep core.fileMode false always.