return 1;
 }
 
-/* forward declaration for write_pack_file */
-static int adjust_perm(const char *path, mode_t mode);
-
 static void write_pack_file(void)
 {
        uint32_t i = 0, j;
                }
 
                if (!pack_to_stdout) {
-                       mode_t mode = umask(0);
                        struct stat st;
                        const char *idx_tmp_name;
                        char tmpname[PATH_MAX];
 
-                       umask(mode);
-                       mode = 0444 & ~mode;
-
                        idx_tmp_name = write_idx_file(NULL, written_list,
                                                      nr_written, sha1);
 
                        snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname), "%s-%s.pack",
                                 base_name, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
                        free_pack_by_name(tmpname);
-                       if (adjust_perm(pack_tmp_name, mode))
+                       if (adjust_shared_perm(pack_tmp_name))
                                die_errno("unable to make temporary pack file readable");
                        if (rename(pack_tmp_name, tmpname))
                                die_errno("unable to rename temporary pack file");
 
                        snprintf(tmpname, sizeof(tmpname), "%s-%s.idx",
                                 base_name, sha1_to_hex(sha1));
-                       if (adjust_perm(idx_tmp_name, mode))
+                       if (adjust_shared_perm(idx_tmp_name))
                                die_errno("unable to make temporary index file readable");
                        if (rename(idx_tmp_name, tmpname))
                                die_errno("unable to rename temporary index file");
                loosen_unused_packed_objects(&revs);
 }
 
-static int adjust_perm(const char *path, mode_t mode)
-{
-       if (chmod(path, mode))
-               return -1;
-       return adjust_shared_perm(path);
-}
-
 int cmd_pack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
        int use_internal_rev_list = 0;