diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 65246dad8d075de3f77454494c419000288c9ed2..71cef633c0e36b3a33fa29eccb8579a9304b0777 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-update-index.c
+++ b/builtin-update-index.c
ce->ce_flags = htons(namelen);
fill_stat_cache_info(ce, &st);
- if (trust_executable_bit)
+ if (trust_executable_bit && has_symlinks)
ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(st.st_mode);
else {
- /* If there is an existing entry, pick the mode bits
- * from it, otherwise assume unexecutable.
+ /* If there is an existing entry, pick the mode bits and type
+ * from it, otherwise assume unexecutable regular file.
*/
struct cache_entry *ent;
int pos = cache_name_pos(path, namelen);