Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > Hi Olaf, > >> --break-rewrites \ >> --keep-subject \ >> 95fa0405c5991726e06c08ffcd8ff872f7fb4f2d^..95fa0405c5991726e06c08ffcd8ff872f7fb4f2d >> >> What must be done now to get a usable patch? > > Maybe --no-renames? BTW this behavior was not introduced in 2.9.3, but in > 2.9.0: > > https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.9.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.0.txt#L7-L9 I think that is one half of the story. The other half is a long/well known bug that lets "diff -B -M" to produce incorrect/broken patch that cannot be applied. It was documented in the thread that begins at: public-inbox.org/git/xmqqfvapuhkk.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx but still hasn't been solved. -- 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