We only need to provide a mode if we are willing to let open(2) create the file, which is not the case here, so drop the unnecessary parameter. Signed-off-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx> --- refs/files-backend.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/refs/files-backend.c b/refs/files-backend.c index 677b7e4cdd..74c0385873 100644 --- a/refs/files-backend.c +++ b/refs/files-backend.c @@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ static int log_ref_setup(struct files_ref_store *refs, goto error; } } else { - *logfd = open(logfile, O_APPEND | O_WRONLY, 0666); + *logfd = open(logfile, O_APPEND | O_WRONLY); if (*logfd < 0) { if (errno == ENOENT || errno == EISDIR) { /* -- 2.33.0