How to make Git and Dropbox friends?

Question

git

Good afternoon,

There is a Git repository in the Dropbox folder.

When you simply save the file (do not change anything in the content) and have dropbox sync enabled, Git considers that the file has changed.
In diff, it shows that all lines have changed to themselves. As if I deleted and then created the file again. Pretty… uncomfortable.
In this case, the file is not marked as new, just all lines are minus and all lines are plus.

Is there any way to fix this besides temporarily stopping Dropbox?

Answer 1

I have normal git and dropbox friends, there are no problems, this situation has never appeared.

Answer 2

I have been working with such a bunch (Linux) for more than two years. No complaints.

Answer 3

The point is to change the date of writing to the file. File date changed - git thinks the file has changed even if nothing in it has changed.

Answer 4

If we agree, commit and do again ctrl+s does the effect repeat?
If it doesn't repeat, then it's probably just line ending characters or the indentation format changes.
I would try to save under a different name and compare in size and in hex form.