wiggle: cannot load file 'null' - No such file or director

[dmikushin]

When I'm trying to wiggle a git patch removing a file, I get the following error:

% wiggle -r -p1 0001-Removing-Boost-based-SSL-backend-replacing-it-with-C.patch
wiggle: bad unified patch at line 33
wiggle: file 1 missing
wiggle: cannot load file 'null' - No such file or directory
wiggle: cannot load file 'null' - No such file or directory

Clearly, the reason is this section in the patch:

diff --git a/include/tgbot/net/BoostHttpOnlySslClient.h b/include/tgbot/net/BoostHttpOnlySslClient.h
deleted file mode 100644
index dbe0c96..0000000
--- a/include/tgbot/net/BoostHttpOnlySslClient.h
+++ /dev/null

So far, this problem has not been raised by anyone. I'm filling an issue to get it more visibility. Is there an existing guideline to cope with this error?

[neilbrown]

What would you want wiggle to do in this case?

[dmikushin]

I've expected wiggle behavior be identical to "git am" or "git apply": the file in --- shall be deleted.

I'm not an expert, sorry if I'm expecting something unrelated.

[reneleonhardt]

I mean it is a deletion (old file replaced by nothing), what else can you do about it? Merry Christmas! 😄