return xcalloc(1, 1);
        } else if (textconv) {
                struct diff_filespec *df = alloc_filespec(path);
-               fill_filespec(df, sha1, mode);
+               fill_filespec(df, sha1, 1, mode);
                *size = fill_textconv(textconv, df, &blob);
                free_filespec(df);
        } else {
                                                   &result_size, NULL, NULL);
                } else if (textconv) {
                        struct diff_filespec *df = alloc_filespec(elem->path);
-                       fill_filespec(df, null_sha1, st.st_mode);
+                       fill_filespec(df, null_sha1, 0, st.st_mode);
                        result_size = fill_textconv(textconv, df, &result);
                        free_filespec(df);
                } else if (0 <= (fd = open(elem->path, O_RDONLY))) {