Handle core.symlinks=false case in merge-recursive.

[git.git] / builtin-update-index.c

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
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ static int add_file_to_cache(const char *path)
        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);