[Bug 1222364] Re: [edit-patch] Fails on creating new patch

[Akbarkhon Variskhanov]

Such cases are not protected against currently.

There is another command, which you can use to create patches: add-
patch.

Since a workaround and another tool exists, I don't think this is
necessarily a bug.

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Title:
  [edit-patch] Fails on creating new patch

Status in devscripts package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  edit-patch exits when run on a source package using quilt without any
  existing patches.

  For example:

  cd ~
  bzr init-repo powernap
  bzr branch ubuntu:powernap powernap.dev
  cd powernap.dev
  edit-patch temp

  The script exits without reason.

  Further examination shows that the script exits on the 'quilt top' command, which is returning a 2 error status. 
  The 'set -e' command at the beginning of the 'edit-patch' script is the reason the script immediately exits as well.

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