From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:32:45 GMT
Subject: Re: Patches generated by "git format-patch -M -B" can't be applied with "git apply"?
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In-Reply-To: <CAPF-yOb4dRWGLmL==x8=ifvU4Znsut9XQWMLPxBCPq7TzgJ84A@mail.gmail.com>

Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com> writes:

Yes, "diff -M -B" is known to be problematic, unfortunately.  It
incorrectly creates an irreversible patch under certain conditions.

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1879635