Re: [PATCH 3/9] Fix processing of a patch file which modifies the same file in git-apply.

Robert Fitzsimons <robfitz@273k.net> writes:

> A patch file (or stdin) which modifies the same file more then once
> will fail to apply the patch correctly.  In the worst case it will
> apply some of the patch and leave an invalid output file(s).

I am not sure if this is solving the right problem.  A patch
that touches the same file more than once is hard to review and
I think we should be discouraging the users to do so.  The same
comment goes for [PATCH 4/9].


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