JCH> $ wget http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/104017/raw JCH> $ git apply raw JCH> error: diff-options.txt: No such file or directory JCH> $ echo $? JCH> 1 $ cd Documentation $ git apply ../raw $ echo $? 0 So then one thinks "why of course, the changes we already applied." However if one makes some sneaky changes: $ diff ../raw.original raw 46c46 < index 5721548..b05503a 100644 --- > index 6721548..c05503a 100644 70c70 < +-w:: --- > +-w::ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ One gets the same $?=0. git apply should scream instead of silently returning 0 and doing nothing. git version 1.6.0.6. -- 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