Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > + char flip = force_mode == 0777 ? '+' : '-'; > > pos = cache_name_pos(path, strlen(path)); > if (pos < 0) > @@ -432,17 +433,11 @@ static void chmod_path(int flip, const char *path) > mode = ce->ce_mode; > if (!S_ISREG(mode)) > goto fail; > - switch (flip) { > - case '+': > - ce->ce_mode |= 0111; break; > - case '-': > - ce->ce_mode &= ~0111; break; > - default: > - goto fail; > - } > + ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(force_mode); create_ce_mode() is supposed to take the st_mode taken from a "struct stat", but here force_mode is 0777 or something else. The above to feed only 0777 or 0666 may happen to work with the way how create_ce_mode() is implemented now, but it is a time-bomb waiting to go off. Instead of using force_mode that is unsigned, keep the 'flip' as argument, and do: if (!S_ISREG(mode)) goto fail; + if (flip == '+') + mode |= 0111; + else + mode &= ~0111; ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(mode); perhaps, as you do not need and are not using the full 9 bits in force_mode anyway. That would mean chmod_index_entry() introduced in 3/4 and its user in 4/4 need to be updated to pass '+' or '-' down the callchain, but I think that is a good change for the same reason. We do not allow you to set full 9 bits; let's not pretend as if we do so by passing just a single bit '+' or '-' around. I think 3/4 needs to be fixed where it calls create_ce_mode() with only the 0666/0777 in chmod_index_entry() anyway, regardless of the above suggested change. > diff --git a/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh b/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh > index dfe02f4..32ac6e0 100755 > --- a/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh > +++ b/t/t2107-update-index-basic.sh > @@ -80,4 +80,17 @@ test_expect_success '.lock files cleaned up' ' > ) > ' > > +test_expect_success '--chmod=+x and chmod=-x in the same argument list' ' > + >A && > + >B && > + git add A B && > + git update-index --chmod=+x A --chmod=-x B && > + cat >expect <<-\EOF && > + 100755 e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 0 A > + 100644 e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 0 B > + EOF > + git ls-files --stage A B >actual && > + test_cmp expect actual > +' Thanks for adding this test. We may want to cross the b/c bridge in a later version bump, but until then it is good to make sure we know what the currently expected behaviour is.