specifying ranges: we did not mean to make ".." an empty set

diff --git a/builtin/apply.c b/builtin/apply.c
index dda9ea09c91010f0a214abc97ea0d5d0798a5360..b4428ea34f53d94e3733796777866e73531f06b5 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin/apply.c
+++ b/builtin/apply.c
@@ -3262,10 +3262,18 @@ static int check_patch(struct patch *patch)
                int same = !strcmp(old_name, new_name);
                if (!patch->new_mode)
                        patch->new_mode = patch->old_mode;
-               if ((patch->old_mode ^ patch->new_mode) & S_IFMT)
-                       return error(_("new mode (%o) of %s does not match old mode (%o)%s%s"),
-                               patch->new_mode, new_name, patch->old_mode,
-                               same ? "" : " of ", same ? "" : old_name);
+               if ((patch->old_mode ^ patch->new_mode) & S_IFMT) {
+                       if (same)
+                               return error(_("new mode (%o) of %s does not "
+                                              "match old mode (%o)"),
+                                       patch->new_mode, new_name,
+                                       patch->old_mode);
+                       else
+                               return error(_("new mode (%o) of %s does not "
+                                              "match old mode (%o) of %s"),
+                                       patch->new_mode, new_name,
+                                       patch->old_mode, old_name);
+               }
        }
 
        if (apply_data(patch, &st, ce) < 0)