Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 08:42:35PM +0200, Anders Melchiorsen wrote: > >> From documentation, I would expect --diff-filter to list changes in >> the execute bit, but it does not. I hear on #git that this is >> intended, though I still do not know how to filter on the execute bit. >> Is it impossible? > > Looking at the code, I think it's impossible, and one would have to add > a new --diff-filter letter. However, at the very least, the > documentation should clarify this situation. The --diff-filter > explanation says: > > Select only files [...] have their type (mode) changed (T) [...] > > which to me indicates that your test case should work. That documentation is quite loosely written. Typechange diff is what T has always meant, and it never was about the executable bit. The word "mode" in that sentence only means the upper bits S_IFREG/S_IFLNK (iow, masked by S_IFMT). -- 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
