thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/src/fileops.c b/src/fileops.c
index 28f414f..ad2a988 100644
--- a/src/fileops.c
+++ b/src/fileops.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ int git_futils_creat_withpath(const char *path, const mode_t dirmode, const mode
 
 int git_futils_creat_locked(const char *path, const mode_t mode)
 {
-	int fd = p_open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC |
-		O_EXCL | O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC, mode);
+	int fd = p_open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_BINARY | O_CLOEXEC,
+		mode);
 
 	if (fd < 0) {
 		int error = errno;