From: Tanga Joris <tangajoris@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:10:17 GMT
Subject: Re: Git crashed on `git apply --check`
Message-ID: <20261024061017.100191-1-tangajoris@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALdwsC1cMKZgRPZA+pBaJe4PPs9q9W0K9CQLmM2bgUCyysTB-w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

Thanks for the report. I was unable to reproduce it with the patch as
quoted (the "diff --git" line is wrapped in your mail), but I can
trigger the same assertion on current master, and on 2.43, when the
"--- /dev/null" line comes before "new file mode" in the header:

    diff --git a/n.txt b/n.txt
    --- /dev/null
    +++ b/n.txt
    new file mode 100644
    @@ -0,0 +1 @@
    +hello

Was your patch handwritten or generated by a tool, and could you
please check whether its header lines are in that order? If you can,
please attach the exact file so that we can confirm it is the same
problem.

Thanks,
Tanga