p->mode = q->queue[i]->two->mode;
                        memcpy(p->parent[n].sha1, q->queue[i]->one->sha1, 20);
                        p->parent[n].mode = q->queue[i]->one->mode;
+                       p->parent[n].status = q->queue[i]->status;
                        *tail = p;
                        tail = &p->next;
                }
                                memcpy(p->parent[n].sha1,
                                       q->queue[i]->one->sha1, 20);
                                p->parent[n].mode = q->queue[i]->one->mode;
+                               p->parent[n].status = q->queue[i]->status;
                                break;
                        }
                }
                printf("..%s\n", abb);
 
                if (mode_differs) {
-                       printf("mode ");
-                       for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++) {
-                               printf("%s%06o", i ? "," : "",
-                                      elem->parent[i].mode);
+                       int added = !!elem->mode;
+                       for (i = 0; added && i < num_parent; i++)
+                               if (elem->parent[i].status !=
+                                   DIFF_STATUS_ADDED)
+                                       added = 0;
+                       if (added)
+                               printf("new file mode %06o", elem->mode);
+                       else {
+                               if (!elem->mode)
+                                       printf("deleted file ");
+                               printf("mode ");
+                               for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++) {
+                                       printf("%s%06o", i ? "," : "",
+                                              elem->parent[i].mode);
+                               }
+                               if (elem->mode)
+                                       printf("..%06o", elem->mode);
                        }
-                       printf("..%06o\n", elem->mode);
+                       putchar('\n');
                }
                dump_sline(sline, cnt, num_parent);
        }
        }
 
        if (opt->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_RAW ||
-           opt->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS)
-               printf("%c%c", mod_type, inter_name_termination);
+           opt->output_format == DIFF_FORMAT_NAME_STATUS) {
+               for (i = 0; i < num_parent; i++)
+                       putchar(p->parent[i].status);
+               putchar(inter_name_termination);
+       }
 
        if (line_termination) {
                if (quote_c_style(p->path, NULL, NULL, 0))