lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
index b7327ffa99a7543b7dff77b8c71ca27299712a49..95334d7a8eeb4364738c4482ed457ec0dc27461d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SolverGit.pm
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ 	my $patches = $self->{patches};
 
 	# we need --ignore-whitespace because some patches are CRLF
 	my @cmd = (qw(git -C), $dn, qw(apply --cached --ignore-whitespace
-			--whitespace=warn --verbose));
+			--unidiff-zero --whitespace=warn --verbose));
 	my $len = length(join(' ', @cmd));
 	my $total = $self->{tot};
 	my $di; # keep track of the last one for "git ls-files"