'git status' shows changed files, but 'git diff' doesn't

Question

I\'ve had a look at all similar questions. However, I\'ve double checked and something strange is definitely happening.

On one server (Solaris with Git 1.8.1) I clon

Answer 1

I suspect there is something wrong either with your Git installation or your repository.

Try running:

GIT_TRACE=2 git 

See if you get anything useful. If that doesn't help, just use strace and see what's going wrong:

strace git