- if (fd1 != -1 && !preserve_perms) {
- /* if the file exists already and we aren't preserving
- * permissions then act as though the remote end sent
- * us the file permissions we already have */
- file->mode = st.st_mode;
+ /* If we're not preserving permissions, change the file-list's
+ * mode based on the local permissions and some heuristics. */
+ if (!preserve_perms) {
+ int exists = fd1 != -1;
+ file->mode = dest_mode(file->mode, st.st_mode, exists);