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diff --git a/lib/git/base.py b/lib/git/base.py
index b7976dab..4e5298e4 100644
--- a/lib/git/base.py
+++ b/lib/git/base.py
@@ -171,9 +171,27 @@ class IndexObject(Object):
file.ext or folder/other.ext
"""
super(IndexObject, self).__init__(repo, id)
+ if isinstance(mode, basestring):
+ mode = self._mode_str_to_int(mode)
self.mode = mode
self.path = path
+ @classmethod
+ def _mode_str_to_int( cls, modestr ):
+ """
+ ``modestr``
+ string like 755 or 644 or 100644 - only the last 3 chars will be used
+
+ Returns
+ String identifying a mode compatible to the mode methods ids of the
+ stat module regarding the rwx permissions for user, group and other
+ """
+ mode = 0
+ for iteration,char in enumerate(reversed(modestr[-3:])):
+ mode += int(char) << iteration*3
+ # END for each char
+ return mode
+
@property
def basename(self):
"""