Re: bugreport: git apply -3 confusing "lacks the necessary blob"

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 27, 2021, 17:14 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqwno6ajy1.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <YSkBg3lBAZ2pxCP2@host1.jankratochvil.net>

Jan Kratochvil <jan@jankratochvil.net> writes:

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> On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:40:12 +0200, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> But I think Jan is talking about the case where users get a patch
>> that lacks the "index" information out of other people's "diff"
>> implementation and try to "apply -3" without realizing that it is
>> not Git's "diff" output.
>
> For example from Phabricator:
> 	https://reviews.llvm.org/file/data/3ceoc32b3yv43vk3nw4q/PHID-FILE-lfeeh2qu4vrngdcwwudo/D107456.diff
>
>
>> Perhaps something like the attached patch would be a good start.
>
> Do you plan to check it in?

Maybe eventually but not yet. When I say "a good start", it is because it is known to be insufficient. I haven't had a chance to revisit the issue.