Why do I get different results in git bash (msysgit) and git in cygwin?
cygwin, git
Solution
It’s most likely due to differences between the two Git configurations. Git uses a number of configuration settings to tell it how to behave such as how to treat differences between DOS and Unix-style line endings. These include:
- `core.autocrlf`
- `core.ignorecase`
- `core.eol`
See `git config --help` for more info on these and other configuration options.
You should run the following commands on both systems and compare the configuration settings:
- `git config --system --list`
- `git config --global --list`
Note that the global settings take precedence over the system settings. The system settings are set for every user on the system (`/etc/gitconfig` in Cygwin) while the global settings are for only your user account (`~/.gitconfig` on Cygwin) and apply to all your repositories.
Also: you can also run `git config --local --list` to see the configuration settings which are local to the repository – but these will be the same on both Cygwin and MSys Git.
Problem
I alyways used the git bash but now I have to change to cygwin because I need wget and other things, so I thought I could use the builtin git as well since it is newer. The git bash is version 1.9.4-preview, the one in cygwin is version 2.1.4. I have a cloned repo I worked with using the git bash. I commited and pushed everything and I'm on the develop branch. When I use "git status" I get this: ``` On branch develop Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/develop'. nothing to commit, working directory clean ``` In cygwin I get this part ``` On branch develop Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/develop'. ``` But then I get a list of hundreds of files that are not staged for commit. Why do I get different results? I'm in the same directory in the same repo, the results should be the same.