Public bug reported:
GNU patch 2.7.1
Steps:
echo "--- /dev/null
+++ first/filename.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+line 1
+line 2" | patch -p0 --dry-run
Expected:
No modifications on file system
(if expectation is wrong, maybe documentation needs tuning)
Actually happens:
There are new directory: first
** Affects: patch (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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patch --dry-run creates directories
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