Jan Kratochvil <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Fri, 20 Aug 2021 19:40:12 +0200, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> But I think Jan is talking about the case where users get a patch >> that lacks the "index" information out of other people's "diff" >> implementation and try to "apply -3" without realizing that it is >> not Git's "diff" output. > > For example from Phabricator: > https://reviews.llvm.org/file/data/3ceoc32b3yv43vk3nw4q/PHID-FILE-lfeeh2qu4vrngdcwwudo/D107456.diff > > >> Perhaps something like the attached patch would be a good start. > > Do you plan to check it in? Maybe eventually but not yet. When I say "a good start", it is because it is known to be insufficient. I haven't had a chance to revisit the issue.
