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Re: [GUILT] [PATCH] Handle empty patches and patches with only a header.

From
Per Cederqvist <cederp@opera.com>
Date
May 2, 2012, 06:27 UTC
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<4FA0D3D5.5080004@opera.com>
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On 04/30/2012 06:48 PM, Jeff Sipek wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:29:55PM +0200, Per Cederqvist wrote:
>> "git apply --numstat" in Git 1.7.10 gives an error message unless the
>> patch contains a diff, so don't attempt to apply it unless we find a
>
> Find a what?  Such a cliff-hanger! :)
>
> I assume you mean find a '^diff'.

Yes. Initially, I searched for "@@" and the commit message said "diff hunk", but that heuristic failed if you had a patch that just changed the mode of a single file. So I changed the patch to search for "^diff" instead, and apparently got distracted while editing the commit message.

     /cederp
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> I'll fix up the commit message before applying.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Per Cederqvist<cederp@opera.com>
>> ---
>>   guilt |    2 +-
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/guilt b/guilt
>> index 5d619c5..66a671a 100755
>> --- a/guilt
>> +++ b/guilt
>> @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ push_patch()
>>   		cd_to_toplevel
>>
>>   		# apply the patch if and only if there is something to apply
>> -		if [ `git apply --numstat "$p" | wc -l` -gt 0 ]; then
>> +		if grep -q '^diff ' "$p"&&  [ `git apply --numstat "$p" | wc -l` -gt 0 ]; then
>>   			if [ "$bail_action" = abort ]; then
>>   				reject=""
>>   			fi
>> --
>> 1.7.10
>>
>
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