Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Chandra Pratap noticed that "git apply" on a filesystem without > executable bit support gives a warning when applying a patch that > expects the preimage file to have executable bit on. Dscho noticed > that the initial fix by Chandra did not work well when applying a > patch in reverse. It turns out that apply.c:reverse_patches() > invalidates the "a patch that does not change mode bits have the > mode bits in .old_mode member and not in .new_mode member" invariant > we rely on. > > Here is the result of concerted effort. > > Chandra Pratap (1): > apply: ignore working tree filemode when !core.filemode > > Junio C Hamano (2): > apply: correctly reverse patch's pre- and post-image mode bits > apply: code simplification > > apply.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- > t/t4129-apply-samemode.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Anybody wants to offer a review on this? I actually am fairly confortable with these without any additional review, but since I am sweeping the "Needs review" topics in the What's cooking report, I thought I would ask for this one, too.