-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/5/2014 3:10 AM, Chris Packham wrote: > My example is creating a commit on the "temp" branch then applying > it to the "master" branch using git am. > >> Do a reset HEAD~1 --hard, and git clean -x -f -d before git am. >> I didn't notice the missing file myself for some time because it >> is left in the working tree, just not added to the index and >> included in the commit. >> Right... so the file is left in the directory, even though it is not checked in. A git status should show it is an unknown file, and a clean should remove it. > Regardless of reproducing the issue a quick glance at the Release > notes for 1.8.3.3 the following sticks out: > > Fixes since v1.8.3.2 -------------------- > > * "git apply" parsed patches that add new files, generated by > programs other than Git, incorrectly. This is an old breakage in > v1.7.11. > > Does that sound like your problem? If you can I'd suggest > updating, ideally to the recent 1.9.0 release but if you're feeling > conservative try 1.8.3.4. Vaguely, except for the "other than git" part. This patch was generated by git-format-patch ( I didn't think apply handled patches that weren't ). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTFzQiAAoJEI5FoCIzSKrwXEMH/iQdFdAApGnFCyLGA4l87d4M ITLtyL632gHA39KnlEqtTc6TgFjQMrV3m8s9TeR6DiEI9qGvNvnP2E4JBFORZprk RSJoCa9qMuAYOtSEtwrzbhMZpBN7hAZeJ7txP2KwZiGXoWjr4RSawjViQHhnXQEP L9QMmwjWJBwZE/eklYg8W+Ov987uribGTgOL8Wx1iMME2C88VfyCWtg1ClTz3aEh UeyAvyLxSA+YvS4xg+nUBAxXX8bFI0g53Yjf3Lt/1/EzdO67sH7CRChR67BmANWZ NBoxBqenN6/qg0rfRojOnjGTtRpAJX48dgnEHulUJrixrmqBYXAbi8dNVW8KkiM= =tzX5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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