diff --git a/lib/grit/diff.rb b/lib/grit/diff.rb

index 537955bb86a8ceaa19aea89e75ccbea5ce6f2698..00b0b4a67eca9242db5f8991e99625acd55f040c 100644

--- a/lib/grit/diff.rb

+++ b/lib/grit/diff.rb

@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ module Grit

while !lines.empty?

m, a_path, b_path = *lines.shift.match(%r{^diff --git a/(\S+) b/(\S+)$})

+ if lines.first =~ /^old mode/

+ 2.times { lines.shift }

+ end

+

new_file = false

deleted_file = false