bug: when applying binary diffs, -p0 is ignored

I found a bug in git's handling of binary diff segments. When applying binary diffs using -p0, the prefix (or --strip) argument is ignored. For example, try this: git apply -p0 --binary 'EOF' diff --git a/init.tar.gz a/init.tar.gz new file mode 100644 index

Re: bug: when applying binary diffs, -p0 is ignored

Colin McCabe cmcc...@alumni.cmu.edu writes: I found a bug in git's handling of binary diff segments. When applying binary diffs using -p0, the prefix (or --strip) argument is ignored. Thanks for a report. An ancient bug well spotted. Perhaps this will help. -- 8 -- Subject: apply: compute