How to make git ignore file mode changes? Git Add comments Jan 052013 How to make git ignore file mode changes? Answer: In your current git repository, type # git config core.filemode false That's it. Related posts: How do I make git ignore mode changes How to ignore dummy files (e.g. from CVS, SVN) during rsync? How to turn off SELinux? Adding the missing ignore function to Mercurial Make a file executable in Linux Leave a Reply Cancel reply Name (required) E-mail (required) URI Your Comment You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>