1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 5ee124332a..50a9a1d1c4 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ test_chmod () {
 	git update-index --add "--chmod=$@"
 }
 
+# Get the modebits from a file.
+test_modebits () {
+	ls -l "$1" | sed -e 's|^\(..........\).*|\1|'
+}
+
 # Unset a configuration variable, but don't fail if it doesn't exist.
 test_unconfig () {
 	config_dir=
@@ -994,6 +999,7 @@ test_copy_bytes () {
 			my $s;
 			my $nread = sysread(STDIN, $s, $len);
 			die "cannot read: $!" unless defined($nread);
+			last unless $nread;
 			print $s;
 			$len -= $nread;
 		}