git-apply fails mysteriously, how do I troubleshoot/fix?

Question

I\'m currently trying to to code-style checking on the PRs of a (github) repository, and I want to deliver patches to the submitters with which they can easily fix the codes

Answer 1

Try to check against your patch file - example :

git apply --reject mypatch.patch

this will show you differences if any - here is an example of how it could look like :

error: patch failed: :
error: while searching for :
    cout << "}" << endl; // example of a line in your patch