From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 23:49:21 GMT
Subject: Re: git full diff output issues..
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505261648360.2307@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <faf0d98cb35ad4b51c55d23d851093b5.ANY@taniwha.stupidest.org>



On Thu, 26 May 2005, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 12:19:21PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> > 	deleted file mode 100644 arch/um/kernel/checksum.c
> 
> why do we care about the mode here?

Junio makes the (correct) argument that patches should be reversible.

And the reverse of a delete is a create. And thus the file mode of the
file that got deleted matters.

		Linus