On 11/05/18 03:47, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Yes, I think it probably makes sense to do that. Originally I didn't >> count empty lines as context lines in case the user accidentally added >> some empty lines at the end of the hunk but if 'git apply' does then I >> think 'git add -p' should as well > > I am not sure if "adding to the tail" should be tolerated, but in > any case, newer GNU diff can show an empty unaffected line as an > empty line (unlike traditional unified context format in which such > a line is expressed as a line with a lone SP on it), which is > allowed as "implementation defined" by POSIX.1 [*1*]. Modern "git > apply" knows about this. Thanks for the reference, I hadn't realized the space was optional. > If "add -p" parses a patch, it should learn to do so, too. I'm about to go off line for a while, I'll send a fix when I'm back up and running at next month (unfortunately the reroll of pw/add-p-select will have to wait until then as well) Best Wishes Phillip > > [Reference] > > *1* http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/diff.html > >> >>> Meanwhile, I can easily configure my editor not to do this for `*.diff` files. >>> >>> Thanks for your help, Phillip and Martin! >> >> Thanks for posting an example so we could test it, it makes it much >> easier to track the problem down >> >> Best Wishes >> >> Phillip >> >>> Mahmoud, does this also explain your problem as per your original post? >>>