git-branch -D: make it work even when on a yet-to-be-born branch

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 0f5fb5bc3350f7def1eb14e792507098118d1e66..eae4745d284e00e279b5b8f4b032bdb9ca433984 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -347,13 +347,13 @@ int add_file_to_index(const char *path, int verbose)
        ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(st.st_mode);
        if (!trust_executable_bit) {
                /* If there is an existing entry, pick the mode bits
-                * from it, otherwise force to 644.
+                * from it, otherwise assume unexecutable.
                 */
                int pos = cache_name_pos(path, namelen);
                if (pos >= 0)
                        ce->ce_mode = active_cache[pos]->ce_mode;
-               else
-                       ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(S_IFREG | 0644);
+               else if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
+                       ce->ce_mode = create_ce_mode(S_IFREG | 0666);
        }
 
        if (index_path(ce->sha1, path, &st, 1))