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@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ If that fails, and the maximum fuzz factor is set to 2 or more, the first two and last two lines of context are ignored, and another scan is made. (The default maximum fuzz factor is 2.) +.PP +Hunks with less prefix context than suffix context (after applying fuzz) +must apply at the start of the file if their first line number is\ 1. Hunks +with more prefix context than suffix context (after applying fuzz) must apply +at the end of the file. +.PP If .B patch cannot find a place to install that hunk of the patch, it puts the |