I read all the other questions regarding the differences between EGit and Git when it comes to uninstalled and dirty files, but none of the suggested / accepted solutions worked for me.
I am running Windows 7 and Cygwin. I have an Eclipse workspace in the location "C: / Workspace". When in Cygwin, in "/ cygdrive / c / Workspace":
$ git status
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
as expected , but in Eclipse (Egit) each and every single file looks like "uninstalled":

unexpectedly . I tried various solutions, including setting "core.filemode = false". All files are in the workspace under "C: / Workspace /", and there are no links. What am I missing?