diff --git a/diff-lib.c b/diff-lib.c
index 2e916199066db068d80ff5168b3feee6cfba7056..f70888f8af57b3b7a695ecdbc19a3b8bc04c13b2 100644 (file)
--- a/diff-lib.c
+++ b/diff-lib.c
S_ISREG(newmode) && S_ISREG(oldmode) &&
((newmode ^ oldmode) == 0111))
newmode = oldmode;
+ else if (!has_symlinks &&
+ S_ISREG(newmode) && S_ISLNK(oldmode))
+ newmode = oldmode;
diff_change(&revs->diffopt, oldmode, newmode,
ce->sha1, (changed ? null_sha1 : ce->sha1),
ce->name, NULL);