apply --index-info: fall back to current index for mode changes

diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index 976ec770417cba4113c4c55f5ca7a5f7b8520f1e..f4ecf03ed465c942a395f4de5ca3ce17bbdd3011 100644 (file)
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -2227,6 +2227,20 @@ static int check_patch_list(struct patch *patch)
        return err;
 }
 
+/* This function tries to read the sha1 from the current index */
+static int get_current_sha1(const char *path, unsigned char *sha1)
+{
+       int pos;
+
+       if (read_cache() < 0)
+               return -1;
+       pos = cache_name_pos(path, strlen(path));
+       if (pos < 0)
+               return -1;
+       hashcpy(sha1, active_cache[pos]->sha1);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static void show_index_list(struct patch *list)
 {
        struct patch *patch;
@@ -2243,8 +2257,16 @@ static void show_index_list(struct patch *list)
                if (0 < patch->is_new)
                        sha1_ptr = null_sha1;
                else if (get_sha1(patch->old_sha1_prefix, sha1))
-                       die("sha1 information is lacking or useless (%s).",
-                           name);
+                       /* git diff has no index line for mode/type changes */
+                       if (!patch->lines_added && !patch->lines_deleted) {
+                               if (get_current_sha1(patch->new_name, sha1) ||
+                                   get_current_sha1(patch->old_name, sha1))
+                                       die("mode change for %s, which is not "
+                                               "in current HEAD", name);
+                               sha1_ptr = sha1;
+                       } else
+                               die("sha1 information is lacking or useless "
+                                       "(%s).", name);
                else
                        sha1_ptr = sha1;