Bug? ==== Patches created with 'diff.noprefix=true' don't 'git apply' without specifying '-p0'. I'm not sure this is a bug -- the 'man git-apply' just says "Reads the supplied diff output (i.e. "a patch") and applies it to files" -- but I would expect patches I create locally to apply cleanly locally. In real life the 'diff.noprefix=true' is in my ~/.gitconfig, so this was pretty confusing. Here's an old bug that's kind of related: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=607044 I'm using Git 1.9.2. Example ======= Create a repo with a test commit: git init bug.git cd bug.git git add test git commit test -m Test Revert the test commit in a contrived way (like 'git revert HEAD --no-commit; git reset'). This works: git -c diff.noprefix=false show | git -c diff.noprefix=false apply --reverse And this works: git reset --hard git -c diff.noprefix=true show | git -c diff.noprefix=true apply -p0 --reverse But this fails: git reset --hard git -c diff.noprefix=true show | git -c diff.noprefix=true apply --reverse fatal: git diff header lacks filename information when removing 1 leading pathname component (line 12) Use Case ======== Partially reverting a commit: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Revert-a-single-commit-in-a-single-file-td6064050.html#a6064406 Cheers, -nathan -- 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