> > So "git apply" and "patch --dry-run" seem to work only by accident. > > How was this patch generated: with git itself? I did as usual git format-patch -M -B -C HEAD~ > > The fact that "patch --dry-run" may not work for patches that modify the same > file twice is a known defect. I don't know how to solve this in a reasonably > elegant way. Luckily the problem only triggers when people are doing > something "strange" such as concatenating patches. Best Regards, J. -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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