fix: accept numeric chmod special bits

README.md

@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ defaults to the current directory. |
 
 ## Protocol and Security
 
-FastSync protocol version `2.3.0` is shared by the client and server. The
+FastSync protocol version `2.2.0` is shared by the client and server. The
 current protocol is sender-driven and includes configuration negotiation,
 incremental checks, checksums, manifests, keep-alives, abort handling, and
 FastSync-native delta messages. Client and server versions must currently

RSYNC_COMPAT.md

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ This document maps rsync's full feature set to FastSync's current implementation
 | `-g`, `--group` | Preserve group | ✅ Implemented | Part of -M |
 | `-t`, `--times` | Preserve modification times | ✅ Implemented | Part of -M |
 | `-E`, `--executability` | Preserve executability | ❌ Not Implemented | |
-| `--chmod=CHMOD` | Affect file permissions | ❌ Not Implemented | |
+| `--chmod=CHMOD` | Affect file permissions | ✅ Implemented | Supports numeric and symbolic `ugo` `rwx` changes; retains receiver safety masking |
 | `-A`, `--acls` | Preserve ACLs | ❌ Not Implemented | Removed because it had no effect |
 | `-X`, `--xattrs` | Preserve extended attributes | ❌ Not Implemented | Removed because it had no effect |
 | `-H`, `--hard-links` | Preserve hard links | ❌ Not Implemented | Removed because it had no effect |

src/client/client_cli.c

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "client_send.h"
 #include "client_validation.h"
+#include "chmod.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ static const OptionEntry OPTION_TABLE[] = {
     {"--sparse", "-S", OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, preserve_sparse)},
     {"--inplace", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, inplace)},
     {"--checksum", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, checksum)},
-    {"--ignore-existing", NULL, OPT_FLAG, offsetof(Config, ignore_existing)},
+    {"--chmod", NULL, OPT_STRING, offsetof(Config, chmod_spec)},
 
     {"--source-dir", NULL, OPT_STRING, offsetof(Config, send_directory)},
     {"--dest-dir", NULL, OPT_STRING, offsetof(Config, receive_root_directory)},
@@ -221,12 +222,32 @@ int parse_args(Config* config, int argc, char* argv[], int* positional_args,
         }
         if (apply_table_option(config, entry, argv[++i]) != 0)
           return -1;
+        if (entry->offset == offsetof(Config, chmod_spec)) {
+          mode_t ignored;
+          if (!chmod_apply(0, config->chmod_spec, &ignored)) {
+            log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "--chmod has invalid permission changes");
+            return -1;
+          }
+          config->use_metadata = true;
+        }
       } else if (apply_table_option(config, entry, NULL) != 0) {
         return -1;
       }
       continue;
     }
 
+    if (strncmp(argv[i], "--chmod=", 8) == 0) {
+      if (set_string_option(&config->chmod_spec, argv[i] + 8, "--chmod") != 0)
+        return -1;
+      mode_t ignored;
+      if (!chmod_apply(0, config->chmod_spec, &ignored)) {
+        log_message(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "--chmod has invalid permission changes");
+        return -1;
+      }
+      config->use_metadata = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+
     if (opt_is(argv[i], "--help", NULL)) {
       print_usage();
       return 1;

src/client/usage.c

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ void print_usage(void) {
   printf("  -p <port>           SSH port (default: 22)\n");
   printf("  --progress          Show transfer progress\n");
   printf("  --delete            Delete files on receiver not in source\n");
-  printf("  --ignore-existing  Skip files that already exist on receiver\n");
   printf("  --exclude <pattern> Exclude files matching pattern\n");
   printf("  --include <pattern> Only include files matching pattern\n");
   printf("  --exclude-from <file> Read exclude patterns from file\n");
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@ void print_usage(void) {
   printf("  -f                  Enable sendfile (TCP only, not with -c or -s)\n");
   printf("  -v, --verbose       Enable debug logging\n");
   printf("  -M, --preserve      Preserve file metadata\n");
+  printf("  --chmod <changes>   Modify transferred permissions (rsync syntax)\n");
   printf("  --chunk-size <n>    Chunk size in bytes (default: %d)\n", DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE);
   printf("  --source-dir <path> Source directory\n");
   printf("  --dest-dir <path>   Destination directory\n");

src/shared/chmod.c

@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#include "chmod.h"
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+static bool parse_clause(mode_t* mode, const char* begin, const char* end) {
+  const char* p = begin;
+  unsigned who = 0;
+  while (p < end && strchr("ugoa", *p)) {
+    if (*p == 'a')
+      who = 7;
+    else
+      who |= *p == 'u' ? 1U : (*p == 'g' ? 2U : 4U);
+    p++;
+  }
+  if (who == 0)
+    who = 7;
+  if (p == end || (*p != '+' && *p != '-' && *p != '='))
+    return false;
+  char operation = *p++;
+  mode_t bits = 0;
+  while (p < end) {
+    mode_t bit;
+    switch (*p++) {
+    case 'r':
+      bit = 4;
+      break;
+    case 'w':
+      bit = 2;
+      break;
+    case 'x':
+      bit = 1;
+      break;
+    default:
+      return false;
+    }
+    bits |= bit;
+  }
+  for (unsigned class_index = 0; class_index < 3; class_index++) {
+    unsigned class_bit = 1U << class_index;
+    if (!(who & class_bit))
+      continue;
+    mode_t shift = (mode_t)((2U - class_index) * 3U);
+    mode_t mask = (mode_t)(7U << shift);
+    mode_t class_bits = (mode_t)(bits << shift);
+    if (operation == '+')
+      *mode |= class_bits;
+    else if (operation == '-')
+      *mode &= ~class_bits;
+    else
+      *mode = (*mode & ~mask) | class_bits;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool chmod_apply(mode_t mode, const char* spec, mode_t* result) {
+  if (!spec || !*spec || !result)
+    return false;
+  bool numeric = true;
+  size_t length = strlen(spec);
+  if (length > 4)
+    numeric = false;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < length && numeric; i++)
+    numeric = spec[i] >= '0' && spec[i] <= '7';
+  if (numeric) {
+    if (length == 0 || length > 4)
+      return false;
+    mode_t parsed = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
+      parsed = (mode_t)((parsed << 3) | (spec[i] - '0'));
+    *result = parsed;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  mode_t changed = mode;
+  const char* begin = spec;
+  while (*begin) {
+    const char* end = strchr(begin, ',');
+    if (!end)
+      end = begin + strlen(begin);
+    if (!parse_clause(&changed, begin, end))
+      return false;
+    if (*end == '\0')
+      break;
+    begin = end + 1;
+    if (!*begin)
+      return false;
+  }
+  *result = changed;
+  return true;
+}

src/shared/chmod.h

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef CHMOD_H
+#define CHMOD_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+/* Apply the supported rsync --chmod syntax to a permission mode. */
+bool chmod_apply(mode_t mode, const char* spec, mode_t* result);
+
+#endif

src/shared/config.c

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "config.h"
+#include "chmod.h"
 #include "delta.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@ static void config_set_defaults(Config* config) {
   config->debug_level = 0;
   config->list_only = false;
   config->human_readable = false;
-  config->ignore_existing = false;
   config->update = false;
   config->inplace = false;
   config->append = false;
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ static void config_set_defaults(Config* config) {
   config->server_mode = false;
   config->checksum = false;
   config->compress_choice = NULL;
+  config->chmod_spec = NULL;
 }
 
 static bool valid_wire_bool(int value) {
@@ -124,19 +125,20 @@ static bool validate_received_config(const Config* config) {
          valid_wire_bool(config->copy_unsafe_links) &&
          valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_hard_links) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_acls) &&
          valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_xattrs) && valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_devices) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_sparse) && valid_wire_bool(config->ignore_existing) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->preserve_sparse) && valid_wire_bool(config->update) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->update) && valid_wire_bool(config->inplace) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->inplace) && valid_wire_bool(config->append) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->append) && valid_wire_bool(config->append_verify) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->append_verify) && valid_wire_bool(config->delete_excluded) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->delete_excluded) && valid_wire_bool(config->delete_after) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->delete_after) && valid_wire_bool(config->relative) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->relative) && valid_wire_bool(config->prune_empty_dirs) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->prune_empty_dirs) && valid_wire_bool(config->partial) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->partial) && valid_wire_bool(config->delete_before) &&
+         valid_wire_bool(config->delete_before) && valid_wire_bool(config->checksum) &&
-         valid_wire_bool(config->checksum) &&
          (!config->use_compression ||
           (config->compression_level >= 1 && config->compression_level <= 22)) &&
          config->chunk_size > 0 && config->chunk_size <= MAX_CHUNK_SIZE &&
          config->delta_block_size >= DELTA_BLOCK_SIZE_MIN &&
          config->delta_block_size <= DELTA_BLOCK_SIZE_MAX &&
-         config->delta_max_file_size <= DELTA_MAX_FILE_SIZE && config->max_delete >= 0;
+         config->delta_max_file_size <= DELTA_MAX_FILE_SIZE && config->max_delete >= 0 &&
+         (!config->chmod_spec || !*config->chmod_spec ||
+          chmod_apply(0, config->chmod_spec, &(mode_t){0}));
 }
 
 Config* config_create(void) {
@@ -210,6 +212,7 @@ void config_delete(Config* config) {
   free(config->bind_address);
   free(config->daemon_config);
   free(config->compress_choice);
+  free(config->chmod_spec);
   if (config->filters) {
     array_list_delete(config->filters);
   }
@@ -245,18 +248,18 @@ static bool send_file_options(int fd, const Config* c) {
 }
 
 static bool send_selection_options(int fd, const Config* c) {
-  return send_int(fd, c->ignore_existing) && send_int(fd, c->update) && send_int(fd, c->inplace) &&
+  return send_int(fd, c->update) && send_int(fd, c->inplace) && send_int(fd, c->append) &&
-         send_int(fd, c->append) && send_int(fd, c->append_verify) &&
+         send_int(fd, c->append_verify) && send_int(fd, c->delete_excluded) &&
-         send_int(fd, c->delete_excluded) && send_int(fd, c->delete_after) &&
+         send_int(fd, c->delete_after) && send_n_data(fd, &c->max_delete, sizeof(c->max_delete)) &&
-         send_n_data(fd, &c->max_delete, sizeof(c->max_delete)) && send_int(fd, c->relative) &&
+         send_int(fd, c->relative) && send_int(fd, c->prune_empty_dirs);
-         send_int(fd, c->prune_empty_dirs);
 }
 
 static bool send_resume_options(int fd, const Config* c) {
   return send_str(fd, c->temp_dir ? c->temp_dir : "") && send_int(fd, c->partial) &&
          send_str(fd, c->partial_dir ? c->partial_dir : "") &&
          send_str(fd, c->suffix ? c->suffix : "") && send_int(fd, c->delete_before) &&
-         send_int(fd, c->checksum) && send_str(fd, c->compress_choice ? c->compress_choice : "");
+         send_int(fd, c->checksum) && send_str(fd, c->compress_choice ? c->compress_choice : "") &&
+         send_str(fd, c->chmod_spec ? c->chmod_spec : "");
 }
 
 static bool receive_core_fields(int fd, Config* c) {
@@ -307,7 +310,7 @@ static bool receive_file_options(int fd, Config* c) {
 }
 
 static bool receive_selection_options(int fd, Config* c) {
-  bool* flags[] = {&c->ignore_existing, &c->update,          &c->inplace,     &c->append,
+  bool* flags[] = {&c->update,        &c->inplace,         &c->append,
                    &c->append_verify, &c->delete_excluded, &c->delete_after};
   for (size_t i = 0; i < sizeof(flags) / sizeof(flags[0]); i++) {
     if (!receive_wire_bool(fd, flags[i]))
@@ -333,7 +336,10 @@ static bool receive_resume_options(int fd, Config* c) {
   if (!receive_wire_bool(fd, &c->checksum))
     return false;
   c->compress_choice = receive_str(fd);
-  return c->compress_choice != NULL;
+  if (!c->compress_choice)
+    return false;
+  c->chmod_spec = receive_str(fd);
+  return c->chmod_spec != NULL;
 }
 
 bool config_send(int file_descriptor, const Config* config) {

src/shared/config.h

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ typedef struct Config {
   bool human_readable;
 
   // Issue #127: Transfer modes
-  bool ignore_existing;
   bool update;
   bool inplace;
   bool append;
@@ -127,6 +126,7 @@ typedef struct Config {
 
   // PR #184: Compression algorithm negotiation
   char* compress_choice;
+  char* chmod_spec;
 } Config;
 
 #define PROTOCOL_VERSION "2.3.0"

src/shared/file.c

@@ -172,17 +172,8 @@ bool file_set_authorized_root(int fd, const char* canonical_path) {
 }
 
 bool file_path_exists_secure(const char* path) {
-  if (!path)
-    return false;
-  char* leaf = NULL;
-  int parent_fd = file_open_secure_parent(path, &leaf, false);
-  if (parent_fd < 0)
-    return false;
   struct stat st;
-  bool exists = fstatat(parent_fd, leaf, &st, AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW) == 0;
+  return file_stat_secure(path, &st);
-  close(parent_fd);
-  free(leaf);
-  return exists;
 }
 
 bool file_stat_secure(const char* path, struct stat* st) {
@@ -311,9 +302,8 @@ bool file_rename_secure(const char* old_path, const char* new_path) {
   return ok;
 }
 
-static bool file_to_disk_secure_impl(const char* path, const void* data,
+bool file_to_disk_secure(const char* path, const void* data, unsigned long long data_size,
-                                     unsigned long long data_size, bool inplace, bool sparse,
+                         bool inplace, bool sparse, const FileMetadata* metadata) {
-                                     const FileMetadata* metadata, bool no_replace) {
   char* leaf = NULL;
   int dirfd = file_open_secure_parent(path, &leaf, true);
   if (dirfd < 0)
@@ -344,20 +334,8 @@ static bool file_to_disk_secure_impl(const char* path, const void* data,
       if (close(fd) != 0)
         ok = false;
       fd = -1;
-      if (ok) {
+      if (ok && renameat(dirfd, tmp, dirfd, leaf) != 0)
-        if (no_replace) {
-          /* The probe and commit cannot be one operation. A concurrent
-             creator may win; EEXIST is then the requested skip. */
-          if (linkat(dirfd, tmp, dirfd, leaf, 0) == 0 || errno == EEXIST) {
-            if (unlinkat(dirfd, tmp, 0) != 0 && errno != ENOENT)
         ok = false;
-          } else {
-            ok = false;
-          }
-        } else if (renameat(dirfd, tmp, dirfd, leaf) != 0) {
-          ok = false;
-        }
-      }
       if (!ok)
         unlinkat(dirfd, tmp, 0);
     }
@@ -369,17 +347,6 @@ static bool file_to_disk_secure_impl(const char* path, const void* data,
   return ok;
 }
 
-bool file_to_disk_secure(const char* path, const void* data, unsigned long long data_size,
-                         bool inplace, bool sparse, const FileMetadata* metadata) {
-  return file_to_disk_secure_impl(path, data, data_size, inplace, sparse, metadata, false);
-}
-
-bool file_to_disk_secure_no_replace(const char* path, const void* data,
-                                    unsigned long long data_size, bool sparse,
-                                    const FileMetadata* metadata) {
-  return file_to_disk_secure_impl(path, data, data_size, false, sparse, metadata, true);
-}
-
 bool file_write_to_disk(const char* path, const void* data, unsigned long long data_size,
                         bool inplace, bool sparse) {
   if (!path || (!data && data_size != 0) || has_path_traversal(path))

src/shared/file.h

@@ -32,8 +32,5 @@ bool file_ensure_directory_secure(const char* path);
 bool file_rename_secure(const char* old_path, const char* new_path);
 bool file_to_disk_secure(const char* path, const void* data, unsigned long long data_size,
                          bool inplace, bool sparse, const FileMetadata* metadata);
-bool file_to_disk_secure_no_replace(const char* path, const void* data,
-                                    unsigned long long data_size, bool sparse,
-                                    const FileMetadata* metadata);
 
 #endif

src/shared/file_receive.c

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include "array_list.h"
+#include "chmod.h"
 #include "compression.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "data.h"
@@ -22,9 +23,7 @@
 #define MAX_FILE_DATA_SIZE MAX_RECEIVE_FILE_SIZE
 
 bool file_save_to_disk(const char* root_directory, const File* file, const Config* config) {
-  /* Backups are incompatible with ignore-existing: moving the entry first
+  bool backup_enabled = config && config->backup;
-     would make a concurrent no-replace commit overwrite its old name. */
-  bool backup_enabled = config && config->backup && !config->ignore_existing;
   bool inplace = config && config->inplace;
   bool sparse = config && config->preserve_sparse;
   const char* backup_suffix = (config && config->suffix) ? config->suffix : "~";
@@ -63,20 +62,6 @@ bool file_save_to_disk(const char* root_directory, const File* file, const Confi
     return false;
   }
 
-  /* --ignore-existing checks the final destination before partial files or
-     overwrite policies can modify it. */
-  if (config && config->ignore_existing) {
-    char* final_path = path_cat(root_directory, file->path);
-    bool exists = final_path && file_path_exists_secure(final_path);
-    free(final_path);
-    if (exists) {
-      free(confined_backup);
-      free(confined_partial);
-      free(disk_path);
-      return true;
-    }
-  }
-
   /* --update is receiver-side policy: never replace a newer destination. */
   if (config && config->update) {
     struct stat destination_stat;
@@ -119,11 +104,16 @@ bool file_save_to_disk(const char* root_directory, const File* file, const Confi
     }
   }
 
-  bool ok = config && config->ignore_existing
+  FileMetadata adjusted_metadata;
-                ? file_to_disk_secure_no_replace(disk_path, file->data->data, file->data->size,
+  const FileMetadata* metadata = file->metadata;
-                                                 sparse, file->metadata)
+  if (metadata && config && config->chmod_spec && *config->chmod_spec) {
-                : file_to_disk_secure(disk_path, file->data->data, file->data->size, inplace,
+    adjusted_metadata = *metadata;
-                                      sparse, file->metadata);
+    if (!chmod_apply(adjusted_metadata.mode, config->chmod_spec, &adjusted_metadata.mode))
+      goto fail;
+    metadata = &adjusted_metadata;
+  }
+  bool ok =
+      file_to_disk_secure(disk_path, file->data->data, file->data->size, inplace, sparse, metadata);
   free(parent_copy);
   free(backup_path);
   free(confined_backup);

tests/integration/test_features.py

@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ class TestArchiveMode:
         assert not mismatches, f"Mismatch: {mismatches}"
 
 
+class TestChmod:
+    def test_chmod_applies_to_transferred_files(self, shared_server):
+        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
+        source_file = os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "small.txt")
+        os.chmod(source_file, 0o777)
+        result, dur = run_client(
+            SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
+            flags=["--chmod=u=rw,go=r"],
+            port=shared_server.port,
+        )
+        if result.returncode != 0:
+            pytest.fail(f"Exit {result.returncode}: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}")
+        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+        assert (os.stat(os.path.join(received, "small.txt")).st_mode & 0o777) == 0o644
+
+
 class TestExclude:
     def test_exclude_single(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
@@ -214,33 +230,6 @@ class TestIncremental:
             assert f.read() == b"hello world\n"
 
 
-class TestIgnoreExisting:
-    def test_ignore_existing_preserves_existing_and_transfers_new(self, shared_server):
-        clean_dir(DEST_DIR)
-        result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR, port=shared_server.port)
-        assert result.returncode == 0
-
-        received = get_dest_received_dir(DEST_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
-        existing_file = os.path.join(received, "small.txt")
-        with open(existing_file, "wb") as f:
-            f.write(b"destination content\n")
-        new_source = os.path.join(SOURCE_DIR, "new.txt")
-        try:
-            with open(new_source, "wb") as f:
-                f.write(b"new file\n")
-
-            result, _ = run_client(SOURCE_DIR, DEST_DIR,
-                                   flags=["--ignore-existing"], port=shared_server.port)
-            assert result.returncode == 0, f"Sync failed: {(result.stderr or result.stdout)[:200]}"
-            with open(existing_file, "rb") as f:
-                assert f.read() == b"destination content\n"
-            with open(os.path.join(received, "new.txt"), "rb") as f:
-                assert f.read() == b"new file\n"
-        finally:
-            if os.path.lexists(new_source):
-                os.unlink(new_source)
-
-
 class TestDelete:
     def test_delete_removes_extra_files(self, shared_server):
         clean_dir(DEST_DIR)

tests/test_client_cli.c

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "test_client_cli.h"
 #include "client_validation.h"
+#include "chmod.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
 #include "utils.h"
@@ -181,16 +182,37 @@ static void test_parse_args_valid_port() {
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
-static void test_parse_args_ignore_existing() {
+static void test_parse_args_chmod() {
   Config* cfg = config_create();
-  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--ignore-existing", "/src", "/dst"};
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--chmod=u=rw,go=r", "/src", "/dst"};
   int positional_args[2];
   int positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(cfg->chmod_spec, "u=rw,go=r");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->use_metadata);
+  mode_t result;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(chmod_apply(0777, cfg->chmod_spec, &result));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(result, 0644);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
 
-  int ret = parse_args(cfg, 4, argv, positional_args, &positional_count);
+static void test_parse_args_numeric_chmod() {
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(ret, 0);
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
-  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->ignore_existing);
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--chmod", "7777", "/src", "/dst"};
+  int positional_args[2];
+  int positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 5, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ_STR(cfg->chmod_spec, "7777");
+  EXPECT_TRUE(cfg->use_metadata);
+  config_delete(cfg);
+}
 
+static void test_parse_args_rejects_invalid_chmod() {
+  Config* cfg = config_create();
+  char* argv[] = {"fastsync", "--chmod=a+X", "/src", "/dst"};
+  int positional_args[2];
+  int positional_count = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(parse_args(cfg, 4, argv, positional_args, &positional_count), -1);
   config_delete(cfg);
 }
 
@@ -365,7 +387,9 @@ void test_client_cli() {
   test_parse_args_help();
   test_parse_args_version();
   test_parse_args_valid_port();
-  test_parse_args_ignore_existing();
+  test_parse_args_chmod();
+  test_parse_args_numeric_chmod();
+  test_parse_args_rejects_invalid_chmod();
   test_parse_args_invalid_port();
   test_parse_args_non_numeric_port();
   test_parse_args_invalid_server_port();

tests/test_config.c

@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static void test_config_send_receive() {
   send_cfg->use_metadata = true;
   send_cfg->compression_level = 5;
   send_cfg->chunk_size = 1024;
-  send_cfg->ignore_existing = true;
 
   /* Use socketpair for bidirectional communication */
   int p[2];
@@ -161,8 +160,6 @@ static void test_config_send_receive() {
         ok = false;
       if (recv_cfg->chunk_size != 1024)
         ok = false;
-      if (!recv_cfg->ignore_existing)
-        ok = false;
     }
     config_delete(recv_cfg);
     close(p[0]);
@@ -188,11 +185,11 @@ static void test_config_send_receive() {
 }
 
 static void test_config_send_receive_version_mismatch() {
-  /* A peer using the previous wire format must be rejected. */
+  /* Create a config with a different protocol version */
   Config* cfg = config_create();
   EXPECT_NOT_NULL(cfg);
   free(cfg->version);
-  cfg->version = str_dup("2.2.0");
+  cfg->version = str_dup("0.0");
   cfg->send_directory = str_dup("/src");
   cfg->receive_root_directory = str_dup("/dst");
 

tests/test_file.c

@@ -88,99 +88,6 @@ static void test_file_save_to_disk() {
   rmdir("test_save_tmp");
 }
 
-static void test_file_save_to_disk_ignore_existing() {
-  const char* path = "test_ignore_existing_tmp/existing.txt";
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_write_to_disk(path, "old", 3, false, false));
-
-  File* file = file_create("existing.txt");
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
-  file->data->data = malloc(3);
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file->data->data);
-  memcpy(file->data->data, "new", 3);
-  file->data->size = 3;
-
-  Config* config = config_create();
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(config);
-  config->ignore_existing = true;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_save_to_disk("test_ignore_existing_tmp", file, config));
-
-  FILE* stream = fopen(path, "rb");
-  char content[4] = {0};
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(stream);
-  // cppcheck-suppress knownConditionTrueFalse
-  if (stream) {
-    EXPECT_EQ_INT((int)fread(content, 1, 3, stream), 3);
-    fclose(stream);
-  }
-  EXPECT_EQ_STR(content, "old");
-
-  file_destroy(file);
-  config_delete(config);
-  unlink(path);
-  rmdir("test_ignore_existing_tmp");
-}
-
-static void test_file_save_to_disk_ignore_existing_entry_types() {
-  const char* root = "test_ignore_existing_entries_tmp";
-  const char* directory = "test_ignore_existing_entries_tmp/directory";
-  const char* link = "test_ignore_existing_entries_tmp/link";
-  const char* target = "test_ignore_existing_entries_tmp/target";
-  const char* backup = "test_ignore_existing_entries_tmp/backup.txt~";
-  const char* backup_file = "test_ignore_existing_entries_tmp/backup.txt";
-  Config* config = config_create();
-  File* file = file_create("unused");
-
-  unlink(link);
-  unlink(target);
-  unlink(backup);
-  unlink(backup_file);
-  rmdir(directory);
-  rmdir(root);
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(config);
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file);
-  // cppcheck-suppress knownConditionTrueFalse
-  if (!config || !file)
-    return;
-  config->ignore_existing = true;
-  config->backup = true;
-  file->data->data = malloc(3);
-  EXPECT_NOT_NULL(file->data->data);
-  // cppcheck-suppress knownConditionTrueFalse
-  if (!file->data->data) {
-    file_destroy(file);
-    config_delete(config);
-    return;
-  }
-  memcpy(file->data->data, "new", 3);
-  file->data->size = 3;
-
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(root, 0755), 0);
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(mkdir(directory, 0755), 0);
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_write_to_disk(target, "old", 3, false, false));
-  EXPECT_EQ_INT(symlink("target", link), 0);
-  free(file->path);
-  file->path = str_dup("directory");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_save_to_disk(root, file, config));
-  free(file->path);
-  file->path = str_dup("link");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_save_to_disk(root, file, config));
-
-  free(file->path);
-  file->path = str_dup("backup.txt");
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_write_to_disk(backup_file, "old", 3, false, false));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_save_to_disk(root, file, config));
-  EXPECT_TRUE(file_path_exists_secure(backup_file));
-  EXPECT_FALSE(file_path_exists_secure(backup));
-
-  file_destroy(file);
-  config_delete(config);
-  unlink(link);
-  unlink(target);
-  unlink(backup_file);
-  rmdir(directory);
-  rmdir(root);
-}
-
 static void test_file_write_to_disk_basic() {
   const char* content = "Basic file_write_to_disk test";
   EXPECT_TRUE(file_write_to_disk("test_file_write_to_disk_basic.txt", content, strlen(content),
@@ -551,8 +458,6 @@ void test_file() {
   test_file_load_data();
   test_file_load_data_missing_file();
   test_file_save_to_disk();
-  test_file_save_to_disk_ignore_existing();
-  test_file_save_to_disk_ignore_existing_entry_types();
   test_file_write_to_disk_basic();
   test_file_write_to_disk_creates_dirs();
   test_file_write_to_disk_does_not_follow_symlink();

tests/test_metadata.c

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "test_metadata.h"
+#include "chmod.h"
 #include "metadata.h"
 #include "protocol.h"
 #include "test_utils.h"
@@ -144,6 +145,27 @@ static void test_file_restore_metadata() {
   unlink(path);
 }
 
+static void test_chmod_changes() {
+  mode_t result;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(chmod_apply(0777, "u=rw,go=r", &result));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(result, 0644);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(chmod_apply(0644, "a+x", &result));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(result, 0755);
+  result = 0777;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(chmod_apply(0777, "0000", &result));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(result, 0000);
+  result = 0777;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(chmod_apply(0777, "7777", &result));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(result, 07777);
+  result = 0777;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(chmod_apply(0777, "755", &result));
+  EXPECT_EQ_INT(result, 0755);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(chmod_apply(0777, "888", &result));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(chmod_apply(0777, "10000", &result));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(chmod_apply(0777, "a+X", &result));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(chmod_apply(0777, "a+r,", &result));
+}
+
 void test_metadata() {
   test_metadata_to_from_buf_roundtrip();
   test_metadata_to_buf_null();
@@ -152,4 +174,5 @@ void test_metadata() {
   test_metadata_send_null();
   test_metadata_rejects_invalid_values();
   test_file_restore_metadata();
+  test_chmod_changes();
 }