How to create file execute mode permissions in Git on Windows

Question

I use Git in Windows  and want to push the executable shell script into git repo by one commit   Usually I need to do two steps  git commit      vi install sh   git add install sh     git commit -am  add new file for installation    first commit  master f2e92da  add support for install sh  1 files changed  18 insertions     3 deletions -   create mode 100644 install sh   git update-index --chmod  x install sh   git commit -am  update file permission           second commit  master 317ba0c  update file permission   0 files changed   mode change 100644   gt  100755 install sh   How can I combine these two steps into one step  git configuration  windows command   Remind  Two answers are good  git add --chmod  x file is supported in new git version  Reference  see question in Git file permissions on Windows for second commit

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If the files already have the  x flag set  git update-index --chmod  x does nothing and git thinks there s nothing to commit  even though the flag isn t being saved into the repo   You must first remove the flag  run the git command  then put the flag back   chmod -x  lt file gt  git update-index --chmod  x  lt file gt  chmod  x  lt file gt    then git sees a change and will allow you to commit the change

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The note is firstly you must sure about filemode set to false in config git file  or use this command   git config core filemode false   and then you can set 0777 permission with this command   git update-index --chmod  x foo sh

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There s no need to do this in two commits  you can add the file and mark it executable in a single commit   C  Temp TestRepo gt touch foo sh  C  Temp TestRepo gt git add foo sh  C  Temp TestRepo gt git ls-files --stage 100644 e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 0       foo sh   As you note  after adding  the mode is 0644  ie  not executable    However  we can mark it as executable before committing   C  Temp TestRepo gt git update-index --chmod  x foo sh  C  Temp TestRepo gt git ls-files --stage 100755 e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 0       foo sh   And now the file is mode 0755  executable    C  Temp TestRepo gt git commit -m Executable    master  root-commit  1f7a57a  Executable   1 file changed  0 insertions     0 deletions -   create mode 100755 foo sh   And now we have a single commit with a single executable file

User · Answer

I have no touch and chmod command in my cmd exe and git update-index --chmod  x foo sh doesn t work for me   I finally resolve it by setting skip-worktree bit   git update-index --skip-worktree --chmod  x foo sh

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Indeed  it would be nice if git-add had a --mode flag   git 2 9 x 2 10  Q3 2016  actually will allow that  thanks to Edward Thomson    git add --chmod  x -- afile git commit -m Executable     That makes the all process quicker  and works even if core filemode is set to false   See commit 4e55ed3  31 May 2016  by Edward Thomson  ethomson   Helped-by  Johannes Schindelin  dscho    Merged by Junio C Hamano -- gitster -- in commit c8b080a  06 Jul 2016        add  add --chmod  x   --chmod -x options      The executable bit will not be detected  and therefore will not be   set  for paths in a repository with core filemode set to false    though the users may still wish to add files as executable for   compatibility with other users who do have core filemode   functionality    For example  Windows users adding shell scripts may wish to add them as executable for compatibility with users on non-Windows       Although this can be done with a plumbing command  git update-index --add --chmod  x foo   teaching the git-add command allows users to set a file executable with a command that they re already familiar with

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