git status not showing permission changes [duplicate]

Question

In a git repository I changed file permissions. If I run the command

git status

or

git status -v

I do not see any changes. It only shows

On branch xxxxx
nothing to commit, working directory clean

But I did change permissions on files and folders from 644 to 777. How can I tell git to show me permission changes?

( git version 2.2.1 and filemode = true)

Answer 1

You can enable filemode and Git will also track file permission changes.

git config core.filemode true