Hi, I have the following problem: $ echo -e '\x0' > a $ git diff --no-index --binary /dev/null a > patch $ rm a $ git apply patch fatal: git diff header lacks filename information (line 4) $ cat patch diff --git a/dev/null b/a new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f2a4f5ef3df7f7456d91c961da36fc58904f2f1 GIT binary patch literal 2 JcmZSJ0ssIE01E&B literal 0 HcmV?d00001 The same works for text based patches: $ echo 1 > a $ git diff --no-index /dev/null a > patch $ rm a $ git apply patch $ ls a $ cat patch diff --git a/dev/null b/a new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d00491f --- /dev/null +++ b/a @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +1 The binary patch lacks ---/+++ lines but still provides the name info on the diff --git line which I think should suffice for git apply. --Imre -- 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
