Add executability preservation option

tests/integration/test_features.py

@@ -52,6 +52,26 @@ class TestArchiveMode:
         assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
 
 
+class TestExecutability:
+    def test_preserves_only_executable_bits(self, shared_server):
+        source = os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, "executability_source")
+        dest = os.path.join(TEST_DATA_DIR, "executability_dest")
+        clean_dir(source)
+        clean_dir(dest)
+        source_file = os.path.join(source, "tool.sh")
+        with open(source_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write("#!/bin/sh\necho test\n")
+        os.chmod(source_file, 0o751)
+
+        result, _ = run_client(source, dest, flags=["-E"], port=shared_server.port)
+        assert result.returncode == 0, f"Executability sync failed: {result.stderr[:200]}"
+        received_file = os.path.join(get_dest_received_dir(dest, source), "tool.sh")
+        received_mode = os.stat(received_file).st_mode
+        assert received_mode & 0o111 == 0o111
+        assert received_mode & 0o600 == 0o600
+        assert received_mode & 0o077 == 0o011
+
+
 class TestExclude:
     def test_exclude_single(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)

tests/test_client_cli.c

@@ -181,6 +181,18 @@ static void test_parse_args_valid_port() {
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
+static void test_parse_args_executability() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "-E", "/src", "/dst"};
+  int positional_args[2];
+  int positional_count = 0;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->use_executability);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->use_metadata);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
+
 /* Test parse_args rejects port > 65535 */
 static void test_parse_args_invalid_port() {
   Config* cfg = config_create();
@@ -352,6 +364,7 @@ void test_client_cli() {
   test_parse_args_help();
   test_parse_args_version();
   test_parse_args_valid_port();
+  test_parse_args_executability();
   test_parse_args_invalid_port();
   test_parse_args_non_numeric_port();
   test_parse_args_invalid_server_port();

tests/test_config.c

@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ static void test_config_send_receive() {
   send_cfg->use_chunk_serialization = true;
   send_cfg->use_compression = true;
   send_cfg->use_metadata = true;
+  send_cfg->use_executability = true;
   send_cfg->compression_level = 5;
   send_cfg->chunk_size = 1024;
 
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ static void test_config_send_receive() {
         ok = false;
       if (recv_cfg->chunk_size != 1024)
         ok = false;
+      if (!recv_cfg->use_executability)
+        ok = false;
     }
     config_delete(recv_cfg);
     close(p[0]);

tests/test_metadata.c

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void test_file_restore_metadata() {
   m.mtime_sec = 1234567890;
   m.mtime_nsec = 0;
 
-  file_restore_metadata(path, &m);
+  file_restore_metadata(path, &m, false);
 
   struct stat st;
   EXPECT_EQ_INT(stat(path, &st), 0);
@@ -144,6 +144,35 @@ static void test_file_restore_metadata() {
   unlink(path);
 }
 
+static void test_file_restore_executability_only() {
+  const char* path = "temp_exec_restore_test.txt";
+  EXPECT_TRUE(file_write_to_disk(path, "x", 1, false, false));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(chmod(path, 0644), 0);
+
+  FileMetadata m = {
+      .mode = 0751, .uid = getuid(), .gid = getgid(), .mtime_sec = 0, .mtime_nsec = 0};
+  file_restore_metadata(path, &m, true);
+
+  struct stat st;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(stat(path, &st), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(st.st_mode & 0777, 0755);
+  unlink(path);
+}
+
+static void test_directory_restore_executability_only() {
+  const char* path = "temp_exec_restore_test_dir";
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(path, 0700), 0);
+
+  FileMetadata m = {
+      .mode = 0755, .uid = getuid(), .gid = getgid(), .mtime_sec = 0, .mtime_nsec = 0};
+  file_restore_metadata(path, &m, true);
+
+  struct stat st;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(stat(path, &st), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(st.st_mode & 0777, 0711);
+  rmdir(path);
+}
+
 void test_metadata() {
   test_metadata_to_from_buf_roundtrip();
   test_metadata_to_buf_null();
@@ -152,4 +181,6 @@ void test_metadata() {
   test_metadata_send_null();
   test_metadata_rejects_invalid_values();
   test_file_restore_metadata();
+  test_file_restore_executability_only();
+  test_directory_restore_executability_only();
 }