Re: [PATCH] git-am: indicate where a failed patch is to be found.

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 02:32:01PM -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:

In case it helps any, a brief summary of my workflow is this:

git am /tmp/mbox
<some random fail halfway in the queue>
patch -p1 --dry-run < .git/rebase-apply/patch
# gauge status.  Is patch really invalid, or already applied?
# already applied; "git am --skip"
# no, if valid, but with minor issues, apply what we can.
patch -p1 < .git/rebase-apply/patch
# manually deal with rejects (typically with wiggle)
git add any_new_files
git add -u
git am -r

This does not in any way address your patch, but you may find it
helpful. My usual next step after "git am" fails is to run "git am -3"
and have it do a 3-way merge. This can sometimes resolve issues
entirely, and when conflicts remain, they are placed in the file with
the usual conflict markers (and the conflicted files are marked in the
index, so you can even use "git mergetool" to help you run an external
tool like xxdiff).

-Peff