2 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index cb09facc268..8664a042f22 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         * textmodes/nroff-mode.el (nroff-mode-map): Add menus.
 
         * diff-mode.el (diff-file-junk-re): Recognize the git format for
-        new files.
+        new files and for changing permissions.
         (diff-mode): Set beginning-of-defun-function and
         end-of-defun-function.
 
diff --git a/lisp/diff-mode.el b/lisp/diff-mode.el
index 48b8f18a132..dd4615dc2ce 100644
--- a/lisp/diff-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/diff-mode.el
@@ -556,8 +556,9 @@ If the prefix ARG is given, restrict the view to the current file instead."
       (diff-end-of-hunk)
       (kill-region start (point)))))
 
-;; "index " and "new file mode" are output by git-diff.
-(defconst diff-file-junk-re "diff \\|index \\|new file mode")
+;; "index ", "old mode", "new mode" and "new file mode" are output by git-diff.
+(defconst diff-file-junk-re 
+  "diff \\|index \\|\\(?:new\\(?: file\\)?\\|old\\) mode ")
 
 (defun diff-beginning-of-file-and-junk ()
   "Go to the beginning of file-related diff-info.