From: Junio C Hamano <hidden> Date: 2016-08-11 19:57:40
Juergen Ruehle [off-list ref] writes:
Commit fd28b34afd9bbd58297a25edced3f504c9a5487a tried to ignore the
executable bit if filemode=false, but instead forced all files to be
regular with 644 permission bits nuking symlink support.
Thanks for noticing. Yes, that change is _seriously_ broken. I
should really raise the bar for patch acceptance.