After "rsync local remote:/src" everything modified

[Dr Rainer Woitok]

Ernie,

On Tuesday, 2022-02-01 20:17:28 -0800, you wrote:

> ...
>     $ ls -l License.txt
>     -rwxrwx---+ 1 err None 24717 Dec 23  2019 License.txt
> 
> the "+" is probably cygwin magic and probably the source of the mode diff.

The "+" indicates that ACLs are set for this file, see "man getfacl" and
"man setfacl".  And though it's not magic at all, yes, it's Cygwin's way
to translate the Windows access rights.

Regarding your other problems:  my personal experience is that I had the
least problems  when I just used  "hg pull/clone" and  "hg push" between
Linux and Cygwin.

Sincerely,
  Rainer