Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] add: modify already added files when --chmod is given

Thomas Gummerer [off-list ref] writes:

When the chmod option was added to git add, it was hooked up to the diff
machinery, meaning that it only works when the version in the index
differs from the version on disk.

As the option was supposed to mirror the chmod option in update-index,
which always changes the mode in the index, regardless of the status of
the file, make sure the option behaves the same way in git add.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <redacted>
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This change essentially reverts most of what 4e55ed32 ("add: add
--chmod=+x / --chmod=-x options", 2016-05-31) did, except that it
keeps the command line option and adjusts its validation, and adds a
separate phase to "fix-up" the executable bits for all paths that
match the given pathspec, whether they were new or modified or
unchanged.

The patch makes sense to me.  Thanks.