From: 1j9448a02@lnx159sneakemail.com.invalid   
      
   Hello everyone.   
      
   I'll show you my file structure right away   
      
   ├── middle   
   │   ├── orig   
   │   └── revised   
   └── orig   
      
   I access the middle directory (the working dir)   
      
   $ cd middle   
      
   Let's examine the contents of the files   
      
   $ cat orig   
   ORIG   
      
   $ cat ../orig   
   ORIG   
      
   $ cat revised   
   REVISED   
      
   Note that the contents of the orig and ../orig files are identical (the   
   two files are identical), but that shouldn't be a big deal.   
      
   Let's create the patches   
      
   $ diff -u orig revised > patch-middle   
   $ diff -u ../orig revised > patch-up   
      
   Let's check the created files (the patches)   
      
   $ cat patch-middle   
   --- orig    2024-08-02 14:22:59.933683396 +0200   
   +++ revised    2024-08-02 10:17:25.108469758 +0200   
   @@ -1 +1 @@   
   -ORIG   
   +REVISED   
      
   $ cat patch-up   
   --- ../orig    2024-08-02 14:22:59.937683379 +0200   
   +++ revised    2024-08-02 10:17:25.108469758 +0200   
   @@ -1 +1 @@   
   -ORIG   
   +REVISED   
      
   It looks ok.   
      
   Note that for both files (orig and ../orig) the same revision file   
   (revised) was used, but, again, this should not be a big deal.   
      
   Applying the patches   
      
   $ patch < patch-middle   
   patching file orig   
      
   $ patch < patch-up   
   patching file orig   
   Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n]   
   Apply anyway? [n] y   
   Hunk #1 FAILED at 1.   
   1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file orig.rej   
      
   As you can see with the patch-middle file everything works.   
   While with the patch-up file there is something wrong (Hunk #1 FAILED at 1).   
      
   Why?   
      
   Maybe because the ../orig file is in an external directory (a higher   
   level directory "..") than the patch-up file?   
   So?   
   I honestly can't find a plausible explanation.   
      
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