git rm / format-patch / am fails on my file: patch does not apply

I originally posted about this to the git-users list (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/git-users/G5D0bldEbTo). If this would normally be expected to work:

git add <file> git commit git rm <file> git commit git format-patch HEAD~1 git reset --hard HEAD~1 git am 0001*patch

then I'm having a problem with at least one (maybe more) file I have in a repository that seems like a bug. Even if I copy it to a new repository, it will still fail, so it seems something about how git handles the file, which "file" reports as:

ASCII text, with very long lines, with CRLF, CR, LF line terminators

I've confirmed with the following test case on three machines, so it seems reproducible:

mkdir temp_test_case cd temp_test_case git init # my file. Sorry--couldn't find a saner link! wget -O jquery-ui-1.8.custom.min.js http://sourceforge.net/p/agency/code/ci/9358ea4dbe8e1540ec0b8bebfc7770f1bf8be0ec/tree/jquery-ui-1.8.custom.min.js?format=raw git add jquery-ui-1.8.custom.min.js git commit -m 'Adding jquery-ui' git rm jquery-ui-1.8.custom.min.js git commit -m 'Removing jquery-ui' git format-patch HEAD~1 git reset --hard HEAD~1 git am 0001*

The last command reports the following:

Applying: Removing jquery-ui
error: patch failed: jquery-ui-1.8.custom.min.js:1
error: jquery-ui-1.8.custom.min.js: patch does not apply
Patch failed at 0001 Removing jquery-ui
The copy of the patch that failed is found in:
   /home/user/newtest2/temp_test_case/.git/rebase-apply/patch
When you have resolved this problem, run "git am --resolved".
If you prefer to skip this patch, run "git am --skip" instead.
To restore the original branch and stop patching, run "git am --abort".

Let me know if I can provide more information, or am missing something obvious! Thanks.

Ken