Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] diff: mode-only change should be noticed by "--patch -w --exit-code"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 18, 2023, 21:15 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq4jkwuk6j.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20230817222949.3835424-4-gitster@pobox.com>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> diff --git a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
> index f3e20dd5bb..943ad252d4 100755
> --- a/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
> +++ b/t/t4015-diff-whitespace.sh
> @@ -11,6 +11,39 @@ TEST_PASSES_SANITIZE_LEAK=true
> + ...
> +	test_expect_success "status with $opts (mode differs)" '
> +		test_when_finished "git update-index --chmod=-x x" &&
> +		echo foo >x &&
> +		git add x &&
> +		git update-index --chmod=+x x &&
> +		test_expect_code 1 git diff -w $opts --exit-code x
> +	'

Apparently this one needs to skipped on a filesystem without support for the executable bit.

cf. https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/5897310248/job/15996914969#step:5:218

I'll give POSIXPERM prerequisite to this test piece.