When trying to build a repository from mbox format patches I have the following problem: Creating a hypothetical mbox patch: $ echo "From: imre deak <imre.deak@xxxxxxxxx>" > 1.patch $ touch a $ git diff --no-index /dev/null a >> 1.patch $ cat 1.patch From: imre deak <imre.deak@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/a b/a new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e69de29 Apply it to a newly created repository: $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in /home/imde/conv/git/.git/ $ git am 1.patch fatal: HEAD: not a valid SHA1 fatal: bad revision 'HEAD' Is this supposed to work at all? --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
