marcel partap <mpartap@xxxxxxx> writes: > ...at least it seems so. -p0 does not help: >> fatal: git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent old filename on line xx Hmm, does not reproduce for me. $ git checkout v1.7.6 ;# or whatever random commit I had at hand $ git show --no-prefix >P.diff $ grep "^diff --git" P.diff diff --git Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt diff --git Documentation/git.txt Documentation/git.txt diff --git GIT-VERSION-GEN GIT-VERSION-GEN $ git checkout HEAD^ $ git apply -p0 <P.diff $ git diff v1.7.6 ; echo nothing nothing $ git diff --stat Documentation/RelNotes/1.7.6.txt | 8 +------- Documentation/git.txt | 5 +++++ GIT-VERSION-GEN | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- 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