Hi, Running test 17, I got this output: * expecting success: git rm --cached -f file symlink && ( echo "100644 $(git hash-object -w stage1) 1 file" echo "100755 $(git hash-object -w stage2) 2 file" echo "100644 $(printf $s | git hash-object -w -t blob --stdin) 1 symlink" echo "120000 $(printf $s | git hash-object -w -t blob --stdin) 2 symlink" ) | git update-index --index-info && git config core.filemode 0 && git config core.symlinks 0 && echo new > file && echo new > symlink && git add file symlink && git ls-files --stage | grep "^100755 .* 0 file$" && git ls-files --stage | grep "^120000 .* 0 symlink$" rm 'file' rm 'symlink' printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments] printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments] 100755 3e757656cf36eca53338e520d134963a44f793f8 0 file 120000 3e757656cf36eca53338e520d134963a44f793f8 0 symlink * ok 17: git add with filemode=0, symlinks=0 prefers stage 2 over stage 1 I don't know if "printf $s" was intentional because $s was empty and caused printf to print out help usage. I have feeling that there is something wrong here. Anyone can clarify? Johannes Sixt CC'd as he added this code. -- Duy - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html