When parsing the patch header, unless it is a patch that changes file modes, we only read the mode bits into the .old_mode member of the patch structure and leave .new_mode member as initialized, i.e., to 0. Later when we need the original mode bits, we consult .old_mode. However, reverse_patches() that is used to swap the names and modes of the preimage and postimage files is not aware of this convention, leading the .old_mode to be 0 while the mode we read from the patch is left in .new_mode. Only swap .old_mode and .new_mode when .new_mode is not 0 (i.e. we saw a patch that modifies the filemode and know what the new mode is). When .new_mode is set to 0, it means the preimage and the postimage files have the same mode (which is in the .old_mode member) and when applying such a patch in reverse, the value in .old_mode is what we expect the (reverse-) preimage file to have. Reported-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> --- apply.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c index 3b090652cf..6b1adccb2f 100644 --- a/apply.c +++ b/apply.c @@ -2220,7 +2220,8 @@ static void reverse_patches(struct patch *p) struct fragment *frag = p->fragments; SWAP(p->new_name, p->old_name); - SWAP(p->new_mode, p->old_mode); + if (p->new_mode) + SWAP(p->new_mode, p->old_mode); SWAP(p->is_new, p->is_delete); SWAP(p->lines_added, p->lines_deleted); SWAP(p->old_oid_prefix, p->new_oid_prefix); @@ -3780,9 +3781,8 @@ static int check_preimage(struct apply_state *state, if (!state->cached && !previous) { if (!trust_executable_bit) - st_mode = (*ce && (*ce)->ce_mode) ? (*ce)->ce_mode : - (state->apply_in_reverse - ? patch->new_mode : patch->old_mode); + st_mode = (*ce && (*ce)->ce_mode) + ? (*ce)->ce_mode : patch->old_mode; else st_mode = ce_mode_from_stat(*ce, st->st_mode); } -- 2.43.0-174-g055bb6e996