# [PATCH] When copying or renaming, keep the mode, please 2 messages from 2005-08-17 to 2005-08-17. Participants: Johannes Schindelin, Junio C Hamano. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/1552 ## Johannes Schindelin, 2005-08-17 07:01 Subject: [PATCH] When copying or renaming, keep the mode, please Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0508170900420.3236%40wgmdd8.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de ``` Without this patch, git-apply does not retain the mode when renaming or copying files. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- apply.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 8dca30668d7077fa9b9157c3685b3ace8598a514 diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c --- a/apply.c +++ b/apply.c @@ -1043,8 +1043,12 @@ static int check_patch(struct patch *pat return error("%s: already exists in working directory", new_name); if (errno != ENOENT) return error("%s: %s", new_name, strerror(errno)); - if (!patch->new_mode) - patch->new_mode = S_IFREG | 0644; + if (!patch->new_mode) { + if (patch->is_new) + patch->new_mode = S_IFREG | 0644; + else + patch->new_mode = patch->old_mode; + } } if (new_name && old_name) { ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2005-08-17 07:32 Subject: Re: [PATCH] When copying or renaming, keep the mode, please Message-ID: <7v7jel10js.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v7jel10js.fsf%40assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net In-Reply-To: ``` Good catch. Thanks. ```