Add core.symlinks to mark filesystems that do not support symbolic links.

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 7a104e351263ee47dc51bcca2ce2761fbd7f5092..4a972b4ab76edfa608704fae7f70097a0570d5ac 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ static int ce_match_stat_basic(struct cache_entry *ce, struct stat *st)
                        changed |= MODE_CHANGED;
                break;
        case S_IFLNK:
-               changed |= !S_ISLNK(st->st_mode) ? TYPE_CHANGED : 0;
+               if (!S_ISLNK(st->st_mode) &&
+                   (has_symlinks || !S_ISREG(st->st_mode)))
+                       changed |= TYPE_CHANGED;
                break;
        default:
                die("internal error: ce_mode is %o", ntohl(ce->ce_mode));
@@ -344,11 +346,11 @@ int add_file_to_index(const char *path, int verbose)
        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);