In some cases "patch" cannot apply diff's generated using git-diff, I've
had a "git diff" output look like this when an empty file was removed as
the only change:
Even if you do not use git to manage your changes, you can use "git apply" from outside of a git repository as a replacement for "patch".
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Nanako Shiraishi
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