13/11/2020 08:06, Dmitry Kozlyuk: > Hi Luca, > > Thank you for taking the initiative. However, the patch fails to apply on my > system, and that's the reason I've been delaying my own): > > $ git am \[kmods\ PATCH\ v2\]\ windows:\ normalize\ line-endings > Applying: windows: normalize line-endings > error: windows/virt2phys/virt2phys.sln: does not match index > error: windows/virt2phys/virt2phys.vcxproj: does not match index > error: patch failed: windows/virt2phys/virt2phys.vcxproj.filters:1 > error: windows/virt2phys/virt2phys.vcxproj.filters: patch does not apply > Patch failed at 0001 windows: normalize line-endings > > As far as I understand, this is caused by removed BOM: it exists in the repo, > so it is included in the patch, but it's absent from checked-out files, so the > patch fails to apply. Either there is some git option we're missing or only > committer (i.e. Thomas) can do the conversion. It is correct to remove BOM. > Note that \No newline at end of file will be restored by Visual Studio on > save.
What is BOM?
