add: add --chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options

The executable bit will not be detected (and therefore will not be
set) for paths in a repository with `core.filemode` set to false,
though the users may still wish to add files as executable for
compatibility with other users who _do_ have `core.filemode`
functionality.  For example, Windows users adding shell scripts may
wish to add them as executable for compatibility with users on
non-Windows.

Although this can be done with a plumbing command
(`git update-index --add --chmod=+x foo`), teaching the `git-add`
command allows users to set a file executable with a command that
they're already familiar with.

Signed-off-by: Edward Thomson <ethomson@edwardthomson.com>
Helped-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t3700-add.sh b/t/t3700-add.sh
index f14a665356..4865304ebb 100755
--- a/t/t3700-add.sh
+++ b/t/t3700-add.sh
@@ -332,4 +332,34 @@ test_expect_success 'git add --dry-run --ignore-missing of non-existing file out
 	test_i18ncmp expect.err actual.err
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git add --chmod=+x stages a non-executable file with +x' '
+	echo foo >foo1 &&
+	git add --chmod=+x foo1 &&
+	case "$(git ls-files --stage foo1)" in
+	100755" "*foo1) echo pass;;
+	*) echo fail; git ls-files --stage foo1; (exit 1);;
+	esac
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git add --chmod=-x stages an executable file with -x' '
+	echo foo >xfoo1 &&
+	chmod 755 xfoo1 &&
+	git add --chmod=-x xfoo1 &&
+	case "$(git ls-files --stage xfoo1)" in
+	100644" "*xfoo1) echo pass;;
+	*) echo fail; git ls-files --stage xfoo1; (exit 1);;
+	esac
+'
+
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM,SYMLINKS 'git add --chmod=+x with symlinks' '
+	git config core.filemode 1 &&
+	git config core.symlinks 1 &&
+	echo foo >foo2 &&
+	git add --chmod=+x foo2 &&
+	case "$(git ls-files --stage foo2)" in
+	100755" "*foo2) echo pass;;
+	*) echo fail; git ls-files --stage foo2; (exit 1);;
+	esac
+'
+
 test_done