On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 06:57:55PM +0000, James Lowe wrote: > I tried to 'git am' the patch file and got an error 'Patch format detection > failed'. > > I've downloaded it via three different methods (in case it was my mail > client) but I cannot apply this to push.
Check the very beginning of the file; some mail-handling programs (not necessarily yours; it could at your ISP or his ISP) add a > in front of any "From" which occurs at the beginning of a line. Very annoying when combined with git. :( I often get git patches which begin ">From 1234763145" and they fail to apply; to fix it, just delete the > and then save the file and try git am again. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ bug-lilypond mailing list bug-lilypond@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-lilypond
