Re: 2.17.0 Regression When Adding Patches Without Whitespace In Initial Column

From: Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com>
Date: May 26, 2018, 21:07 UTC
Message-ID: <20180526210752.GA3094@zaya.teonanacatl.net>
In-Reply-To: <C6CF9BE4-FC46-4B39-A862-AEBB5CD600E2@gmail.com>

Hi Jeff,

Jeff Felchner wrote:

> Ever since 2.17.0, when saving a patch (using add --patch
> but probably other ways as well), if the whitespace is
> removed from the initial column, the patch doesn't apply.

This sounds a bit like the issue discussed in this thread a few weeks ago:

https://public-inbox.org/git/e8aedc6b-5b3e-cfb2-be9d-971bfd9adde8@talktalk.net/

But I didn't download or watch the video, so I'm not positive.

> Full walkthrough (including comparison with 2.16.3) in the
> video attached to this link:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/s1ophi4mwmf9ogv/git-add-patch-whitespace-bug.mp4?dl=1

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Todd
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