istate->cache_nr--;
        if (pos >= istate->cache_nr)
                return 0;
-       memmove(istate->cache + pos,
-               istate->cache + pos + 1,
-               (istate->cache_nr - pos) * sizeof(struct cache_entry *));
+       MOVE_ARRAY(istate->cache + pos, istate->cache + pos + 1,
+                  istate->cache_nr - pos);
        return 1;
 }
 
                delete_tempfile(&temporary_sharedindex);
                return ret;
        }
+       ret = adjust_shared_perm(get_tempfile_path(&temporary_sharedindex));
+       if (ret) {
+               int save_errno = errno;
+               error("cannot fix permission bits on %s", get_tempfile_path(&temporary_sharedindex));
+               delete_tempfile(&temporary_sharedindex);
+               errno = save_errno;
+               return ret;
+       }
        ret = rename_tempfile(&temporary_sharedindex,
                              git_path("sharedindex.%s", sha1_to_hex(si->base->sha1)));
        if (!ret) {