Re: [msysGit] Problem with apply

From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@googlemail.com>
Date: Dec 31, 2009, 12:49 UTC
Message-ID: <40aa078e0912310449g4d503ba7t612e532f5069051f@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <SNT131-ds16B1679EFC8F74B62D4630C4780@phx.gbl>

This isn't a Windows specific question, and would be better for the main git mailing list. I'm CC'ing it in hope that someone there knows the answer.

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:26 PM,  <richardpreen@hotmail.com> wrote:

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> I'm trying to use git to create a binary diff of two files and then apply
> the diff to the first file in an attempt to make both files the same (just
> testing the concept);
>
> git diff --binary --no-index original\t1.ppt modified\t1.ppt >
> original\my.diff
> cd original
> git apply my.diff
>
> This is giving me the following error message;
> fatal: git diff header lacks filename information (line 3)
>
> Any suggestions as to where I've gone wrong?
> Thanks.

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Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund