Subject: Re: Git doesn't detect change, if file modification time is restored to original one

From: Sebastian Schuberth <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:58:13 +0200

On 7/23/2015 9:29, Konrád Lőrinczi wrote:

> Interesting, that git status doesn't show replaced changes, if the
> mtime is same as original.

See the somewhat related FAQ entry at [1] and also the lengthy discussion at [2] about a similar issue. That said, deleting the .git/index file should make these files appear as modified.

[1] https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Git_FAQ#Why_isn.27t_Git_preserving_modification_time_on_files.3F
[2] https://github.com/msysgit/git/issues/312

Regards,
Sebastian