diff --git a/net/gitup/Makefile b/net/gitup/Makefile
index 8b1fe7efa168..38480a43ecc5 100644
--- a/net/gitup/Makefile
+++ b/net/gitup/Makefile
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	gitup
 DISTVERSION=	0.96
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	net
 
 MAINTAINER=	eduardo@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Minimalist, dependency-free program to clone/pull git repositories
 
 LICENSE=	BSD2CLAUSE
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 USES=		ssl
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	johnmehr
 
 MAKE_ENV+=	CONFIG_FILE_PATH=${LOCALBASE}/etc/gitup.conf
 
 PORTDOCS=	README.md
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 do-install:
 	${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKSRC}/${PORTNAME} ${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/gitup.1 \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1
 	${INSTALL_MAN} ${WRKSRC}/gitup.conf.5 \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man5
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/gitup.conf \
 		${STAGEDIR}${PREFIX}/etc/gitup.conf.sample
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README.md ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net/gitup/files/patch-gitup.c b/net/gitup/files/patch-gitup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06765095ef7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/gitup/files/patch-gitup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+--- gitup.c.orig	2021-09-05 19:58:01.000000000 +0300
++++ gitup.c	2022-01-18 16:53:41.999972000 +0300
+@@ -676,7 +676,8 @@ save_file(char *path, int mode, char *buffer, int buff
+ 		memcpy(temp_buffer, buffer, buffer_size);
+ 		temp_buffer[buffer_size] = '\0';
+ 
+-		if (symlink(temp_buffer, path) == -1)
++		if (symlink(temp_buffer, path) == -1 &&
++		    (unlink(path), symlink(temp_buffer, path)) == -1)
+ 			err(EXIT_FAILURE,
+ 				"save_file: symlink failure %s -> %s",
+ 				path,
+@@ -2800,7 +2801,9 @@ save_repairs(connector *session)
+ 					"save_repairs: cannot create %s",
+ 					found_file->path);
+ 		} else {
+-			missing = !path_exists(found_file->path);
++			struct stat st;
++
++			missing = stat(found_file->path, &st) != 0;
+ 			update  = true;
+ 
+ 			/*
+@@ -2813,7 +2816,7 @@ save_repairs(connector *session)
+ 
+ 				check_hash = calculate_file_hash(
+ 					found_file->path,
+-					found_file->mode);
++					st.st_mode);
+ 
+ 				buffer_hash = calculate_object_hash(
+ 					found_object->buffer,