When the patch tries to create a new file and the file exists, abort.

[git.git] / git-apply-patch-script

diff --git a/git-apply-patch-script b/git-apply-patch-script
index 29548ba..dccad27 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-apply-patch-script
+++ b/git-apply-patch-script
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ case "$mode1,$mode2" in
        echo >&2 "cannot create leading path for $name."
        exit 1
     }
+    if test -f "$name"
+    then
+       echo >&2 "file $name to be created already exists."
+       exit 1
+    fi
+    cat "$tmp2" >"$name" || {
+       echo >&2 "cannot create $name."
+       exit 1
+    } 
     case "$mode2" in
     +x)
        echo >&2 "created $name with mode +x."