Files showing as modified directly after a Git clone
git, git-clone
Solution
I got it. All the other developers are on Ubuntu (I think) and thus have case-sensitive file systems. I, however, do not (as I'm on a Mac). Indeed, all the files had lowercase twins when I took a look at them using `git ls-tree HEAD <path>`.
I'll get one of them to sort it out.
Problem
I'm having an issue with a repository at the moment, and though my Git-fu is usually good, I can't seem to solve this issue. When I clone this repository, then `cd` into the repository, `git status` shows several files as changed. Note: I haven't opened the repository in any editor or anything. I tried following this guide: http://help.github.com/dealing-with-lineendings/, but this didn't help at all with my issue. I have tried `git checkout -- .` many times, but it seems not to do anything. I'm on a Mac, and there are no submodules in the repository itself. The filesystem is "Journaled HFS+" filesystem on the Mac and is not case-sensitive. The files are one-line and about 79 KB each (yes, you heard right), so looking at `git diff` isn't particularly helpful. I have heard about doing `git config --global core.trustctime false` which might help, which I will try when I get back to the computer with the repository on it. I changed details of filesystem with facts! And I tried the `git config --global core.trustctime false` trick which didn't work very well.