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-rw-r--r--builtin-update-index.c6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/builtin-update-index.c b/builtin-update-index.c
index 65246dad8d..71cef633c0 100644
--- 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);