Re: git format-patch --break-rewrites broken in 2.9.3

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date: Aug 19, 2016, 18:04 UTC
Message-ID: <04D3C5DBA44C4AC48D0D846B337D2EE0@PhilipOakley>
In-Reply-To: <20160818144421.GA9062@aepfle.de>

On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 04:44:21PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:

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> This command used to create a diff which can be consumed by patch. But
> at least with 2.9.3 it just gives a rename output:
>
>  git format-patch \
>         --no-signature \
>         --stdout \
>         --break-rewrites \
>         --keep-subject \
> 
> 95fa0405c5991726e06c08ffcd8ff872f7fb4f2d^..95fa0405c5991726e06c08ffcd8ff872f7fb4f2d
>
>
> What must be done now to get a usable patch?

As an aside, the range can be shortened to

95fa0405c5991726e06c08ffcd8ff872f7fb4f2d^!

It's something I picked up when doing the doc update on 'specifying revisions'.

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Philip