Git keeps changing my file permissions when on samba

Fixing these file permission changes

Actually it is not GIT that changes the files but samba.

When you checkout a a git repo in a samba-managed folder, some weird mask apply. In my case it was adding +x permission everywhere.

The solution is to turn off "map archive" in samba configuration, in the global space.

/etc/samba/smb.conf
map archive = no

Reboot system or restart samba

Source of knowledge : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20958888/preserving-file-permissions-for-samba-shares-when-file-is-edited

Optional

To fully fully restart fresh - including file permission, erase everything but .git* directory, then restore files with git reset --hard :

$> rm -fr *
$> git reset --hard