Jakub Narebski [off-list ref] writes:
BTW. I wonder why in above patch, which I guess is result of running
git-format-patch and should be between TWO TREES, doesn't use standard
'a/' and 'b/' (git-show should also use standard, default prefixes).
You apparently did not read the other messages in the thread (hint: look
for places where I describe what I often do, and pay attention to the
keyword "pretends to be a format-patch output").