They are accepted already, almost. With one exception: the ---/+++ lines contain not only the file names, but continue with a TAB and then the revision (or "working copy" or "nonexistent") in parenthesis. We already handle these lines, except in the case of /dev/null. Let's handle the case gracefully where the diff contains a "--- /dev/null" line with a trailing comment. This contribution came in via Pull Request to Git for Windows, from a first time contributor! Yes! Johannes Schindelin (1): apply: demonstrate a problem applying svn diffs Tatyana Krasnukha (1): apply: handle Subversion diffs with /dev/null gracefully apply.c | 2 +- t/t4135-apply-weird-filenames.sh | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) base-commit: b2e45c695d09f6a31ce09347ae0a5d2cdfe9dd4e Published-As: https://github.com/dscho/git/releases/tag/apply-svn-diff-v1 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/dscho/git apply-svn-diff-v1 -- 2.16.1.windows.1