Re: let git-diff allow patch to delete empty files?

* Nanako Shiraishi wrote, On 05/11/08 21:09:

Quoting "Sam Liddicott" [off-list ref]:

  

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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".

  

Good tip, thanks.

In this case it is rpmbuild that is doing the patching, and making git a
build-requires would not be popular.

Sam