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Re: git apply fails to apply a renamed file in a new directory

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 25, 2007, 21:30 UTC
Message-ID
<20071025213038.GC11308@steel.home>
In-Reply-To
<20071025180737.GA13829@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Sam Ravnborg, Thu, Oct 25, 2007 20:07:37 +0200:
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> I just stumbled on what looks like a simple bug in git apply.
> I had following diff:
> 
> diff --git a/arch/i386/defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
> similarity index 100%
> rename from arch/i386/defconfig
> rename to arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
> diff --git a/arch/x86_64/defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
> similarity index 100%
> rename from arch/x86_64/defconfig
> rename to arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
> -- 
> 1.5.3.4.1157.g0e74-dirty
> 
> When trying to apply this diff using:
> git apply -p1 < .../patch
works here. Don't use -p1, it is assumed
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