From: Per Cederqvist Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:29:55 GMT Subject: [GUILT] [PATCH] Handle empty patches and patches with only a header. Message-ID: <87haw1342k.fsf@opera.com> "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 Signed-off-by: Per Cederqvist --- 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