On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Or did I miss a way that git-apply can take a git patch and apply it >> to a tree that isn't a git repo? > > Exactly. "git apply" works as a straight "patch" replacement outside > of a git repository. It doesn't actually need a git tree to work. What is your take on CVE-2015-1196, which brought this /regression/ to GNU patch? If "git apply" get /fixed/ for that same CVE, would that /break/ your fix? -- 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