commit - 8afec5d5388b965430c12e3405765ceb552faefa
commit + 19dd85cbe25c418975d46e00cc13b48e26488715
blob - c7465535acc5666625d7b591529f651371547808
blob + 21ea570c756aff230fd0f3e62994dd72a5ccd74f
--- lib/patch.c
+++ lib/patch.c
@@ -584,15 +584,25 @@ open_blob(char **path, FILE **fp, const char *blobid,
 {
 	const struct got_error *err = NULL;
 	struct got_blob_object *blob = NULL;
-	struct got_object_id id;
+	struct got_object_id id, *idptr, *matched_id = NULL;
 
 	*fp = NULL;
 	*path = NULL;
 
-	if (!got_parse_sha1_digest(id.sha1, blobid))
-		return got_error(GOT_ERR_BAD_OBJ_ID_STR);
+	if (strlen(blobid) != SHA1_DIGEST_STRING_LENGTH - 1) {
+		err = got_repo_match_object_id(&matched_id, NULL, blobid,
+		    GOT_OBJ_TYPE_BLOB, NULL /* do not resolve tags */,
+		    repo);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		idptr = matched_id;
+	} else {
+		if (!got_parse_sha1_digest(id.sha1, blobid))
+			return got_error(GOT_ERR_BAD_OBJ_ID_STR);
+		idptr = &id;
+	}
 
-	err = got_object_open_as_blob(&blob, repo, &id, 8192);
+	err = got_object_open_as_blob(&blob, repo, idptr, 8192);
 	if (err)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -607,6 +617,8 @@ open_blob(char **path, FILE **fp, const char *blobid,
 done:
 	if (blob)
 		got_object_blob_close(blob);
+	if (matched_id != NULL)
+		free(matched_id);
 	if (err) {
 		if (*fp != NULL)
 			fclose(*fp);
@@ -645,7 +657,8 @@ apply_patch(int *overlapcnt, struct got_worktree *work
 		 * ignore failures to open this blob, we might have
 		 * parsed gibberish.
 		 */
-		if (err && !(err->code == GOT_ERR_ERRNO && errno == ENOENT))
+		if (err && !(err->code == GOT_ERR_ERRNO && errno == ENOENT) &&
+		    err->code != GOT_ERR_NO_OBJ)
 			return err;
 		else if (err == NULL)
 			do_merge = 1;
blob - 6ef560b1f7733ae1a05b7a9de9c80f90453766a4
blob + 3e5d28e8bf764b595e938091addf64eb8753d5ed
--- libexec/got-read-patch/got-read-patch.c
+++ libexec/got-read-patch/got-read-patch.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ filename(const char *at, char **name)
 }
 
 static const struct got_error *
-blobid(const char *line, char **blob)
+blobid(const char *line, char **blob, int git)
 {
 	uint8_t digest[SHA1_DIGEST_LENGTH];
 	size_t len;
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ blobid(const char *line, char **blob)
 	if ((*blob = strndup(line, len)) == NULL)
 		return got_error_from_errno("strndup");
 
-	if (!got_parse_sha1_digest(digest, *blob)) {
+	if (!git && !got_parse_sha1_digest(digest, *blob)) {
 		/* silently ignore invalid blob ids */
 		free(*blob);
 		*blob = NULL;
@@ -176,13 +176,16 @@ find_patch(int *done, FILE *fp)
 			err = filename(line+4, &new);
 		} else if (!git && !strncmp(line, "blob - ", 7)) {
 			free(blob);
-			err = blobid(line + 7, &blob);
+			err = blobid(line + 7, &blob, git);
 		} else if (rename && !strncmp(line, "rename to ", 10)) {
 			free(new);
 			err = filename(line + 10, &new);
 		} else if (git && !strncmp(line, "similarity index 100%", 21))
 			rename = 1;
-		else if (!strncmp(line, "diff --git a/", 13)) {
+		else if (git && !strncmp(line, "index ", 6)) {
+			free(blob);
+			err = blobid(line + 6, &blob, git);
+		} else if (!strncmp(line, "diff --git a/", 13)) {
 			git = 1;
 			free(commitid);
 			commitid = NULL;
@@ -190,10 +193,10 @@ find_patch(int *done, FILE *fp)
 			blob = NULL;
 		} else if (!git && !strncmp(line, "diff ", 5)) {
 			free(commitid);
-			err = blobid(line + 5, &commitid);
+			err = blobid(line + 5, &commitid, git);
 		} else if (!git && !strncmp(line, "commit - ", 9)) {
 			free(commitid);
-			err = blobid(line + 9, &commitid);
+			err = blobid(line + 9, &commitid, git);
 		}
 
 		if (err)
blob - 9fb1dd39304f1cd716283dd5684a1162ee8f745c
blob + 51903218ccbe2f14d00ba02be9bbc8ead7c2f1e4
--- regress/cmdline/patch.sh
+++ regress/cmdline/patch.sh
@@ -1503,7 +1503,63 @@ test_patch_merge_simple() {
 	ret=$?
 	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
 		diff -u $testroot/wt/numbers $testroot/wt/numbers.expected
+	fi
+	test_done $testroot $ret
+}
+
+test_patch_merge_gitdiff() {
+	local testroot=`test_init patch_merge_gitdiff`
+
+	jot 10 > $testroot/repo/numbers
+	(cd $testroot/repo && git add numbers && \
+		git_commit $testroot/repo -m "nums")
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		test_done $testroot $ret
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	jot 10 | sed 's/4/four/g' > $testroot/repo/numbers
+	(cd $testroot/repo && git diff > $testroot/old.diff)
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		test_done $testroot $ret
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	# restore numbers
+	jot 10 > $testroot/repo/numbers
+
+	jot 10 | sed 's/6/six/g' > $testroot/repo/numbers
+	(cd $testroot/repo && git add numbers && \
+		git_commit $testroot/repo -m "edit")
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		test_done $testroot $ret
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	# now work with got:
+	got checkout $testroot/repo $testroot/wt > /dev/null
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		test_done $testroot $ret
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	(cd $testroot/wt && got patch $testroot/old.diff) > $testroot/stdout
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		test_done $testroot $ret
+		return 1
 	fi
+
+	echo 'G  numbers' > $testroot/stdout.expected
+	cmp -s $testroot/stdout $testroot/stdout.expected
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		diff -u $testroot/stdout $testroot/stdout.expected
+	fi
 	test_done $testroot $ret
 }
 
@@ -1665,7 +1721,36 @@ EOF
 	ret=$?
 	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
 		diff -u $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+		test_done $testroot $ret
+		return 1
 	fi
+
+	# try again with a git-style diff
+
+	cat <<EOF > $testroot/wt/patch
+diff --git a/alpha b/alpha
+index 0123456789ab..abcdef012345 100644
+--- a/alpha
++++ b/alpha
+@@ -1 +1 @@
+-alpha
++ALPHA
+EOF
+
+	(cd $testroot/wt && got revert alpha > /dev/null && got patch patch) \
+		> $testroot/stdout
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		test_done $testroot $ret
+		return 1
+	fi
+
+	echo 'M  alpha' > $testroot/stdout.expected
+	cmp -s $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+	ret=$?
+	if [ $ret -ne 0 ]; then
+		diff -u $testroot/stdout.expected $testroot/stdout
+	fi
 	test_done $testroot $ret
 }
 
@@ -1695,5 +1780,6 @@ run_test test_patch_with_path_prefix
 run_test test_patch_relpath_with_path_prefix
 run_test test_patch_reverse
 run_test test_patch_merge_simple
+run_test test_patch_merge_gitdiff
 run_test test_patch_merge_conflict
 run_test test_patch_merge_unknown_blob