1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
index 44b932fbb2..3feadf0e35 100755
--- a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
+++ b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
@@ -149,4 +149,59 @@ test_expect_success 'diff --no-index allows external diff' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'diff --no-index normalizes mode: no changes' '
+	echo foo >x &&
+	cp x y &&
+	git diff --no-index x y >out &&
+	test_must_be_empty out
+'
+
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'diff --no-index normalizes mode: chmod +x' '
+	chmod +x y &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	diff --git a/x b/y
+	old mode 100644
+	new mode 100755
+	EOF
+	test_expect_code 1 git diff --no-index x y >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'diff --no-index normalizes: mode not like git mode' '
+	chmod 666 x &&
+	chmod 777 y &&
+	cat >expected <<-\EOF &&
+	diff --git a/x b/y
+	old mode 100644
+	new mode 100755
+	EOF
+	test_expect_code 1 git diff --no-index x y >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
+test_expect_success POSIXPERM,SYMLINKS 'diff --no-index normalizes: mode not like git mode (symlink)' '
+	ln -s y z &&
+	X_OID=$(git hash-object --stdin <x) &&
+	Z_OID=$(printf y | git hash-object --stdin) &&
+	cat >expected <<-EOF &&
+	diff --git a/x b/x
+	deleted file mode 100644
+	index $X_OID..$ZERO_OID
+	--- a/x
+	+++ /dev/null
+	@@ -1 +0,0 @@
+	-foo
+	diff --git a/z b/z
+	new file mode 120000
+	index $ZERO_OID..$Z_OID
+	--- /dev/null
+	+++ b/z
+	@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+	+y
+	\ No newline at end of file
+	EOF
+	test_expect_code 1 git -c core.abbrev=no diff --no-index x z >actual &&
+	test_cmp expected actual
+'
+
 test_done