title: Git pull results in "needs update" and files shown as modified
body: <p>Upon pull (into a clean production-type repo) all the <strong>changesets come across</strong> and cause the files to appear modified and needing a commit. The <strong>git log does not show the commits</strong> that should have caused these changes... the changes just pull without the log notes so it believes it's out of sync.</p>
  
  <p>The result of the pull shows "<strong>needs update</strong>" messages for each file.</p>