diff --git a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
index beb6d8f4877c157bdf9e3efa2c914e74da863cd5..67b9681d36e187a5717acbf9fe00a7f5dfd5bb65 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
+++ b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
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
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