Re: Possible problem with git-pasky-0.6.2 (patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input.)I

From: Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date: Apr 20, 2005, 23:12 UTC
Message-ID: <20050420231212.GN19112@pasky.ji.cz>
In-Reply-To: <200504201706.09656.elenstev@mesatop.com>

Dear diary, on Thu, Apr 21, 2005 at 01:06:09AM CEST, I got a letter where Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com> told me that...

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> After getting the latest tarball, and make, make install:
> 
> Tree change: 55f9d5042603fff4ddfaf4e5f004d2995286d6d3:a46844fcb6afef1f7a2d93f391c82f08ea322221
> *100755->100755 blob    a78cf8ccab98861ef7aecb4cb5a79e47d3a84b67->74b4083d67eda87d88a6f92c6c66877bba8bda8a     gitcancel.sh
> Tracked branch, applying changes...
> Fast-forwarding 55f9d5042603fff4ddfaf4e5f004d2995286d6d3 -> a46844fcb6afef1f7a2d93f391c82f08ea322221
>         on top of 55f9d5042603fff4ddfaf4e5f004d2995286d6d3...
> patch: **** Only garbage was found in the patch input.
> 
> This may be a harmless message, but I thought I'd bring it to your attention.

This _is_ weird. What does

	$ git diff -r 55f9d5042603fff4ddfaf4e5f004d2995286d6d3:a46844fcb6afef1f7a2d93f391c82f08ea32222

tell you? What if you feed it to patch -p1? What if you feed it to git apply?

Thanks,

-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
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