return 0;
#if defined(GIT_WINDOWS_NATIVE)
-{ /* cannot trust the executable bit, peek into the file instead */
+ /*
+ * On Windows there is no executable bit. The file extension
+ * indicates whether it can be run as an executable, and Git
+ * has special-handling to detect scripts and launch them
+ * through the indicated script interpreter. We test for the
+ * file extension first because virus scanners may make
+ * it quite expensive to open many files.
+ */
+ if (ends_with(name, ".exe"))
+ return S_IXUSR;
+
+{
+ /*
+ * Now that we know it does not have an executable extension,
+ * peek into the file instead.
+ */
char buf[3] = { 0 };
int n;
int fd = open(name, O_RDONLY);
if (fd >= 0) {
n = read(fd, buf, 2);
if (n == 2)
- /* DOS executables start with "MZ" */
- if (!strcmp(buf, "#!") || !strcmp(buf, "MZ"))
+ /* look for a she-bang */
+ if (!strcmp(buf, "#!"))
st.st_mode |= S_IXUSR;
close(fd);
}