An exact test case: git clone git foo git clone git foo1 cd foo mkdir zzz git mv gitweb zzz cg diff >patch cd ../foo1 cg patch <../foo/patch This patch won't apply because zzz does not exist in foo1 -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html