Re: [bug-patch] [BUG?] rename patch accepted with --dry-run, rejected without (Re: [PATCH V3] arm & sh: factorised duplicated clkdev.c)

From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
Date: Sep 4, 2010, 03:21 UTC
Message-ID: <20100904032117.GL17702@game.jcrosoft.org>
In-Reply-To: <201009040058.18028.agruen@suse.de>

> 
> So "git apply" and "patch --dry-run" seem to work only by accident.
> 
> How was this patch generated: with git itself?

I did as usual git format-patch -M -B -C HEAD~

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> The fact that "patch --dry-run" may not work for patches that modify the same 
> file twice is a known defect.  I don't know how to solve this in a reasonably 
> elegant way.  Luckily the problem only triggers when people are doing 
> something "strange" such as concatenating patches.

Best Regards, J.