# [PATCH] stop it from failing silently when git apply patch and show err info

1 messages from 2019-07-25 to 2019-07-25. Participants: simon gao.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/51523

## simon gao, 2019-07-25 10:16

Subject: [PATCH] stop it from failing silently when git apply patch and show err info
Message-ID: <1564049782-68817-1-git-send-email-simon29rock@gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1564049782-68817-1-git-send-email-simon29rock%40gmail.com

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Signed-off-by: simon gao <simon29rock@gmail.com>
---
 apply.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index 4992eca..f66a6ff 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -2094,6 +2094,7 @@ static int use_patch(struct apply_state *state, struct patch *p)
 	if (state->prefix && *state->prefix) {
 		const char *rest;
 		if (!skip_prefix(pathname, state->prefix, &rest) || !*rest)
+            error(_("%s doesn't contain the prefix(%s)"), pathname, state->prefix);
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-- 
1.8.3.1


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