# Re: [msysGit] Problem with apply 1 messages from 2009-12-31 to 2009-12-31. Participants: Erik Faye-Lund. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/22070 ## Erik Faye-Lund, 2009-12-31 12:49 Subject: Re: [msysGit] Problem with apply Message-ID: <40aa078e0912310449g4d503ba7t612e532f5069051f@mail.gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/40aa078e0912310449g4d503ba7t612e532f5069051f%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` This isn't a Windows specific question, and would be better for the main git mailing list. I'm CC'ing it in hope that someone there knows the answer. On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:26 PM, wrote: > I'm trying to use git to create a binary diff of two files and then apply > the diff to the first file in an attempt to make both files the same (just > testing the concept); > > git diff --binary --no-index original\t1.ppt modified\t1.ppt > > original\my.diff > cd original > git apply my.diff > > This is giving me the following error message; > fatal: git diff header lacks filename information (line 3) > > Any suggestions as to where I've gone wrong? > Thanks. -- Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund ```