Git global core.fileMode false overridden locally on clone

Question

Reading this, I was able to configure both globally and locally my fileMode config to false.

However, when I git clone, git keeps initializ

Answer 1

git clone --config core.filemode=false YOUR_REPOSITORY

for further information refer to the usage information of git clone, or just enter:

git clone

without any arguments

Answer 2

Clone, like init, always sets a local core.filemode when it creates a new repository. See my answer to this question for details. The only way to clobber the local setting after a clone is to do it manually (e.g., by having a wrapper command that does the clone, then goes into the clone and removes the setting).