-x $file only removes the diff body from git diff output

[brianjmurrell]

git diff v3.3..HEAD | filterdiff -p 1 -x README.vin
...
diff --git a/README.vin b/README.vin
index d7a1ea2..7c298d7 100644
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
...

Leaving those two lines in confuses patch:

The text leading up to this was:
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|diff --git a/README.vin b/README.vin
|index d7a1ea2..7c298d7 100644
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File to patch: 

[twaugh]

Please try the PR I just linked.