From: A U Thor <au.thor@example.com> Date: Thu Dec 4 16:00:00 2008 -0800 Subject: Six Applying this patch with -p2 should be successful even though the patch is against a wrong level. diff --git i/junk/file-2 w/junk/file-2 index 06e567b..b6f3a16 100644 --- i/junk/file-2 +++ w/junk/file-2 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 1 2 -3 +Three 4 5 -6 +Six 7