title: Updating file permissions with git-bash on Windows 7
body: <p>How do I update file permissions with <code>git-bash</code> on Windows 7?</p>
  
  <p>I've tried the following without success:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ ls -al scripts/script.sh
  -rw-r--r--    1 myUid   Administ       70 Sep  8 11:24 scripts/script.sh
  
  $ git update-index --chmod=+x scripts/script.sh
  
  $ ls -al scripts/script.sh
  -rw-r--r--    1 myUid   Administ       70 Sep  8 11:24 scripts/script.sh
  
  $ chmod +x scripts/script.sh
  
  $ ls -al scripts/script.sh
  -rw-r--r--    1 myUid   Administ       70 Sep  8 11:24 scripts/script.sh
  </code></pre>