diff --git a/diff-files.c b/diff-files.c
index c51edc3315100d8ec75eec72ec2f8a7e3753ad98..28f1b13b384dc122daf2b16574536e944b0f6291 100644 (file)
--- a/diff-files.c
+++ b/diff-files.c
continue;
oldmode = ntohl(ce->ce_mode);
- mode = S_IFREG | ce_permissions(st.st_mode);
+ mode = (S_ISLNK(st.st_mode) ? S_IFLNK :
+ S_IFREG | ce_permissions(st.st_mode));
show_modified(oldmode, mode, ce->sha1, null_sha1,
ce->name);