title: How to interprit git create mode message
body: <blockquote>
    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/737673/how-to-read-the-mode-field-of-git-ls-trees-output">How to read the mode field of git-ls-tree’s output</a><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8521938/what-does-git-commit-mean-when-it-says-create-mode-on-stdout">What does ‘git commit’ mean when it says ‘create mode …’ on stdout?</a>  </p>
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  <p>I've added some files to git and I get the following message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>create mode 100644 file.txt
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Obviously, 644 is the unix file permissions. What does the 100 portion mean?</p>