{"thread":{"id":"22070","subject":"Re: [msysGit] Problem with apply","startedAt":"2009-12-31T12:49:57Z","lastAt":"2009-12-31T12:49:57Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Erik Faye-Lund"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"130604","messageId":"40aa078e0912310449g4d503ba7t612e532f5069051f@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"22070","inReplyTo":"SNT131-ds16B1679EFC8F74B62D4630C4780@phx.gbl","subject":"Re: [msysGit] Problem with apply","fromName":"Erik Faye-Lund","fromEmail":"kusmabite@googlemail.com","sentAt":"2009-12-31T12:49:57Z","receivedAt":"2009-12-31T12:49:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kusmabite@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47073?v=4"},"body":"This isn't a Windows specific question, and would be better for the\nmain git mailing list. I'm CC'ing it in hope that someone there knows\nthe answer.\n\nOn Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:26 PM,  <richardpreen@hotmail.com> wrote:\n> I'm trying to use git to create a binary diff of two files and then apply\n> the diff to the first file in an attempt to make both files the same (just\n> testing the concept);\n>\n> git diff --binary --no-index original\\t1.ppt modified\\t1.ppt >\n> original\\my.diff\n> cd original\n> git apply my.diff\n>\n> This is giving me the following error message;\n> fatal: git diff header lacks filename information (line 3)\n>\n> Any suggestions as to where I've gone wrong?\n> Thanks.\n\n-- \nErik \"kusma\" Faye-Lund\n"}]}