* Re: [msysGit] Problem with apply
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@ 2009-12-31 12:49 ` Erik Faye-Lund
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From: Erik Faye-Lund @ 2009-12-31 12:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: richardpreen; +Cc: msysgit, Git Mailing List
This isn't a Windows specific question, and would be better for the
main git mailing list. I'm CC'ing it in hope that someone there knows
the answer.
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:26 PM, <richardpreen@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to use git to create a binary diff of two files and then apply
> the diff to the first file in an attempt to make both files the same (just
> testing the concept);
>
> git diff --binary --no-index original\t1.ppt modified\t1.ppt >
> original\my.diff
> cd original
> git apply my.diff
>
> This is giving me the following error message;
> fatal: git diff header lacks filename information (line 3)
>
> Any suggestions as to where I've gone wrong?
> Thanks.
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Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund
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