From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 15:35:47 GMT
Subject: Re: Does git-apply --recount search a extra line?
Message-ID: <86d2176b-afa7-6c39-7d1c-489895ca1fab@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAFMepc=iqyHG7V4LPcyZ-fmmWp176YpW_88joLtYxQrpsM5UFA@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Kyohei

On 11/08/2020 07:16, Kyohei Kadota wrote:
> I just found a strange error in git-apply --recount.
> 
> ======= output ========
> % git --git-dir= apply --check --recount -p1 -v <patch.diff
> Checking patch main...
> error: while searching for:
>      mountfs\
>      configdist\
>      confignet\
>      mountdist\
>      fmtventi\
>      download\
>      copydist\
>      bootsetup finish stop\
>      stopether stopppp\
> -- /n/sources/plan9/sys/lib/dist/pc/plan9.ini.cd    Wed Apr 13 21:19:21 2011

There's no "diff ..." header which git inserts before every file between 
the two files in the patch so when it is recounting it treats the "--- 
/n/sources..." as a continuation of the current hunk

Best Wishes

Phillip

> error: patch failed: main:8
> error: main: patch does not apply
> 
> ======== patch.diff ========
> diff -Nru /n/sources/plan9/sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/main /sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/main
> --- /n/sources/plan9/sys/lib/dist/pc/inst/main    Fri Apr  1 15:10:39 2005
> +++ /main    Sun Sep 18 00:00:00 2011
> @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
>       mountfs\
>       configdist\
>       confignet\
> +    download\
>       mountdist\
>       fmtventi\
> -    download\
>       copydist\
>       bootsetup finish stop\
>       stopether stopppp\
> --- /n/sources/plan9/sys/lib/dist/pc/plan9.ini.cd    Wed Apr 13 21:19:21 2011
> +++ /plan9.ini.cd    Tue Nov  1 00:00:00 2011
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>   dmamode=ask
>   adisk=/dev/sdD0/cdboot
>   cdboot=yes
> +installurl=http://148.251.6.120/plan9/download
>   # console=0
>   # baud=9600
> 
> ======== main ========
> #!/bin/rc
> 
> # must be topologically sorted (by prereq)
> tasks=(\
>      configfs\
>      partdisk prepdisk\
>      fmtfossil\
>      mountfs\
>      configdist\
>      confignet\
>      mountdist\
>      fmtventi\
>      download\
>      copydist\
>      bootsetup finish stop\
>      stopether stopppp\
> )
> #    startether startppp stopether stopppp download\
> 
> ======== plan9.ini.cd ========
> partition=new
> mouseport=ask
> monitor=ask
> vgasize=ask
> dmamode=ask
> adisk=/dev/sdD0/cdboot
> cdboot=yes
> # console=0
> # baud=9600
> 
> [install]
> nobootprompt=local!/boot/bzroot
> bootfile=sdD0!cdboot!9pcflop.gz
>