Re: git format-patch --break-rewrites broken in 2.9.3

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

Hi Olaf,

quoted

        --break-rewrites \
        --keep-subject \
 95fa0405c5991726e06c08ffcd8ff872f7fb4f2d^..95fa0405c5991726e06c08ffcd8ff872f7fb4f2d

What must be done now to get a usable patch?

Maybe --no-renames? BTW this behavior was not introduced in 2.9.3, but in
2.9.0:

https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.9.0/Documentation/RelNotes/2.9.0.txt#L7-L9

I think that is one half of the story.

The other half is a long/well known bug that lets "diff -B -M" to
produce incorrect/broken patch that cannot be applied.  It was
documented in the thread that begins at:

    public-inbox.org/git/xmqqfvapuhkk.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com

but still hasn't been solved.