2 files changed, 70 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtin-apply.c b/builtin-apply.c
index f16c753be..6a4fb9663 100644
--- a/builtin-apply.c
+++ b/builtin-apply.c
@@ -1335,6 +1335,7 @@ static int apply_line(char *output, const char *patch, int plen)
 
 static int apply_one_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct fragment *frag)
 {
+	int match_beginning, match_end;
 	char *buf = desc->buffer;
 	const char *patch = frag->patch;
 	int offset, size = frag->size;
@@ -1397,10 +1398,22 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct fragment *frag)
 	newlines = new;
 	leading = frag->leading;
 	trailing = frag->trailing;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we don't have any leading/trailing data in the patch,
+	 * we want it to match at the beginning/end of the file.
+	 */
+	match_beginning = !leading && (frag->oldpos == 1);
+	match_end = !trailing;
+
 	lines = 0;
 	pos = frag->newpos;
 	for (;;) {
 		offset = find_offset(buf, desc->size, oldlines, oldsize, pos, &lines);
+		if (match_end && offset + oldsize != desc->size)
+			offset = -1;
+		if (match_beginning && offset)
+			offset = -1;
 		if (offset >= 0) {
 			int diff = newsize - oldsize;
 			unsigned long size = desc->size + diff;
@@ -1430,6 +1443,10 @@ static int apply_one_fragment(struct buffer_desc *desc, struct fragment *frag)
 		/* Am I at my context limits? */
 		if ((leading <= p_context) && (trailing <= p_context))
 			break;
+		if (match_beginning || match_end) {
+			match_beginning = match_end = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
 		/* Reduce the number of context lines
 		 * Reduce both leading and trailing if they are equal
 		 * otherwise just reduce the larger context.
diff --git a/t/t4113-apply-ending.sh b/t/t4113-apply-ending.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7fd0cf62e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4113-apply-ending.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006 Catalin Marinas
+#
+
+test_description='git-apply trying to add an ending line.
+
+'
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+# setup
+
+cat >test-patch <<\EOF
+diff --git a/file b/file
+--- a/file
++++ b/file
+@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+ a
+ b
++c
+EOF
+
+echo 'a' >file
+echo 'b' >>file
+echo 'c' >>file
+
+test_expect_success setup \
+    'git-update-index --add file'
+
+# test
+
+test_expect_failure 'apply at the end' \
+    'git-apply --index test-patch'
+
+cat >test-patch <<\EOF
+diff a/file b/file
+--- a/file
++++ b/file
+@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
++a
+ b
+ c
+EOF
+
+echo >file 'a
+b
+c'
+git-update-index file
+
+test_expect_failure 'apply at the beginning' \
+	'git-apply --index test-patch'
+
+test_done