Improve abstraction of ref lock/write.

diff --git a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
index f3b6330a9b4af0e68d9e402ab7d82e600c939ccc..67b9681d36e187a5717acbf9fe00a7f5dfd5bb65 100755 (executable)
--- a/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
+++ b/t/t4000-diff-format.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ test_description='Test built-in diff output engine.
 
 '
 . ./test-lib.sh
+. ../diff-lib.sh
 
 echo >path0 'Line 1
 Line 2
@@ -25,6 +26,14 @@ rm -f path1
 test_expect_success \
     'git-diff-files -p after editing work tree.' \
     'git-diff-files -p >current'
+
+# that's as far as it comes
+if [ "$(git repo-config --get core.filemode)" = false ]
+then
+       say 'filemode disabled on the filesystem'
+       test_done
+fi
+
 cat >expected <<\EOF
 diff --git a/path0 b/path0
 old mode 100644
@@ -48,6 +57,6 @@ EOF
 
 test_expect_success \
     'validate git-diff-files -p output.' \
-    'cmp -s current expected'
+    'compare_diff_patch current expected'
 
 test_done