title: Git setting eclipse project files as read-only
body: <p>Hopefully there is some setting in git config for this...</p>
  
  <p>Our project team chooses to store eclipse .project and .classpath settings in the git repository.  Now, ignoring wether or not storing these files in the SCM is good or bad -- the problem is when the repository is cloned under windows any filename starting with a dot '.' is set as a system file, making it read-only which causes eclipse to spew errors when trying to update projects.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Could not write file: D:\git\SFP\framework\Auth_Server\.classpath.<br>
    D:\git\SFP_convert\framework\Auth_Server\.classpath (Access is denied)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>So, how do I stop git from setting files starting with a dot '.' as system/read only?</p>