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bug? git format-patch -M -D then git am fails

From
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date
Nov 13, 2012, 22:45 UTC
Message-ID
<1352846721.17444.24.camel@joe-AO722>
(Sorry about the partial message.
 evolution and ctrl-enter sends, grumble...)

If a file is deleted with git rm and a patch is then generated with git format-patch -M -D git am is unable to apply the resultant patch.

Is this working as designed?
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