Hi. Here's what I'm trying to do: In gitcvs: [il@basin documentation]$ git mv SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_2.doc (edit the file) [il@basin documentation]$ git commit ... SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_2.doc ... $ git log --stat -n 1 commit b04fa43c9f1374cf0ea5f9bf88024282414b0a0c Date: Wed Aug 1 12:50:53 2012 +0400 SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_2.doc: connection_timeout documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc | Bin 7383040 -> 0 bytes documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_2.doc | Bin 0 -> 7427584 bytes 2 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) OK So far $ git cvsexportcommit -w ../../cvs/SAP -u -p -k -c b04fa43c9f1374cf0ea5f9bf88024282414b0a0c Checking if patch will apply cvs update: nothing known about `documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_2.doc' cvs status: nothing known about `documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_2.doc' Huh? Status 'Unknown' reported for unexpected file 'no file SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_2.doc' Applying error: the patch applies to 'documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc' (e0c6cf56bd58ce3b1a8b8e00bfd20f75f89110f7), which does not match the current contents. error: documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc: patch does not apply cannot patch at /usr/lib/git-core/git-cvsexportcommit line 333. $ ls -l ../../cvs/SAP/documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc* -rw-r--r-- 1 basin Users 7382325 Aug 3 12:32 ../../cvs/SAP/documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc -rw-r--r-- 1 basin Users 7383040 Jun 9 2005 ../../cvs/SAP/documentation/SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc.orig I compared SIC_SAP1_0_ADM_dv1_1.doc.orig and the file from HEAD~1 . They are equal. Why error? -- 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