# trivial: use git-repo-config to detect if the test can be run on the repository

1 messages from 2006-01-05 to 2006-01-05. Participants: Alex Riesen.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2979

## Alex Riesen, 2006-01-05 11:55

Subject: trivial: use git-repo-config to detect if the test can be run on the repository
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Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>


Subject: [PATCH] use git-repo-config

to detect if the test can be run on the repository

Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>


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 t/t4000-diff-format.sh |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
index beb6d8f..67b9681 100755
--- a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
+++ b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ rm -f path1
 test_expect_success \
     'git-diff-files -p after editing work tree.' \
     'git-diff-files -p >current'
+
+# that's as far as it comes
+if [ "$(git repo-config --get core.filemode)" = false ]
+then
+	say 'filemode disabled on the filesystem'
+	test_done
+fi
+
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 diff --git a/path0 b/path0
 old mode 100644
-- 
1.0.GIT

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