Sharing git repo on NTFS partition between Linux/Windows dualboot

Question

I'm developing an (Qt) application which should run under Windows and Linux. So, I want to be able to develop under Windows and Linux, too.

Therefore I have stored my project (as git repo) on a NTFS partition which I mount under Linux (Ubuntu 13.10). To avoid the rights problem of the compiled executable I set the shadow build directory to my home folder under Linux.

This approach work quit good so far. But there are some effects that make me worry: If I stage some changed files (with smartgit), smartgit doesn't reflect that I have stage them. They are still displayed as unstaged

Similar thing when commiting: After the commit, the commited changes are still display as if they where not commit. But in the log I can see they are commited. Closing an reopen the repo "solves" this issues or is a workaround at least.

But I have concerns that I break my repo using it on a NTFS partition under Linux. Or is there no risk that my repo is getting corrupted one day using it that way?

Answer 1

This answer has been given by Fco P. on the askubuntu question mirror. This happens because Windows and Linux deal with file permissions differently. Use

git config core.filemode false

to disable git tracking file permissions and solve this issue.