Hello,
looking closer the patch really is malformed:
--------- series --------
newfile.patch -p2
----- newfile.patch -----
Patch description
diff --git a/someproject/uselesss.c b/someproject/uselesss.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uselesss.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/*
+ * This patch creates a useless file
+ */
-------------------------
Not sure if it is desirable to handle better, and if there is even a
better way.
Thanks
Michal
On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 10:32:04AM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> In git 2.38.0 it is not possible to create a file with apply when the diff
> looks like git diff.
>
> It either complains that the source file is not /dev/null or that it is
> not the same as the destination.
>
> something.patch
> No author found in something.patch
> ---
> Sometext
>
> Author: A. U. Thor <au@xxxxxxxx>
> gitdiff_verify_name: line: b/somefile.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
> +/*
> ...
> , isnull: 0, *name: somefile.c, side: 1, another: (null)
> error: git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent new filename on line 80
>
> something.patch
> No author found in something.patch
> ---
> Sometext
>
> Author: A. U. Thor <au@xxxxxxxx>
> gitdiff_verify_name: line: a/somefile.c
> +++ b/somefile.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,379 @@
> +/*
> ...
> , isnull: 1, *name: (null), side: 0
> error: git apply: bad git-diff - expected /dev/null on line 80
>
> Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> apply.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
> index 2b7cd930ef..9dd01da271 100644
> --- a/apply.c
> +++ b/apply.c
> @@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int gitdiff_verify_name(struct gitdiff_data *state,
> return error(_("git apply: bad git-diff - expected /dev/null, got %s on line %d"),
> *name, state->linenr);
> another = find_name(state->root, line, NULL, state->p_value, TERM_TAB);
> - if (!another || strcmp(another, *name)) {
> + if (another && strcmp(another, *name)) {
> free(another);
> return error((side == DIFF_NEW_NAME) ?
> _("git apply: bad git-diff - inconsistent new filename on line %d") :
> --
> 2.38.0
>
