git cannot apply binary patch *** without full index line

Question

When I try to apply a patch from a file, I see

error: cannot apply binary patch to 'my/resource.png' without full index line
error: my/resource.png: patch does not apply

I added my/resource.png in the commit from which I made the patch. How can I enabled full-index support?

Answer 1

Checkout the branch from which you want to create the patch. Run this command:

git diff-index 79fd4d7 --binary > ~/Desktop/my-patch

Where 79fd4d7 is a placeholder for the commit that came right before the range of commits you want to diff. (e.g. I want a patch that contains the first three commits below:

aaa02b0 third commit mine
aabbbcc second commit mine
bb82aed first commit mine
79fd4d7 old commit

Then checkout your new branch and run git apply ~/Desktop/my-patch